Bontrager Meraj shoes review

The carbon/fibreglass soled Bontrager Meraj shoes offer a belt and braces approach to secure your foot, so even in the most aggressive of sprint, you should be confident of your foot not budging an inch

Cycling Weekly Verdict

Not the prettiest or stiffest soled shoe on the market, but that helps add to the Bontrager Meraj's all day comfort.

Reasons to buy
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    Secure closures - including Boa IP1 dial

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    Comfortable

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    InForm Pro footbed and heal cup

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Reasons to avoid
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    Not high-end looking

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    Slight flex in sole

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    Velcro closure longevity

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Finding that all-important racing shoe that fits like the proverbial glove is like gold dust.

Different from a standard road shoe, due to its need to be much stiffer in order to transfer every inch of power your leg puts down through to the pedal, racing shoes still need to be comfortable enough to wear for several hours and the Bontrager Meraj shoes promise to deliver both.

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Hannah Bussey

Hannah is Cycling Weekly’s longest-serving tech writer, having started with the magazine back in 2011. She has covered all things technical for both print and digital over multiple seasons representing CW at spring Classics, and Grand Tours and all races in between.

Hannah was a successful road and track racer herself, competing in UCI races all over Europe as well as in China, Pakistan and New Zealand.

For fun, she's ridden LEJOG unaided, a lap of Majorca in a day, won a 24-hour mountain bike race and tackled famous mountain passes in the French Alps, Pyrenees, Dolomites and Himalayas. 

She lives just outside the Peak District National Park near Manchester UK with her partner, daughter and a small but beautifully formed bike collection.