Riding your mountain bike occasionally involves something none of us love talking about: walking your mountain bike. Which is fine. Unless you’re wearing a shoe with a board-stiff sole and slippery plastic lugs. The X-Project ELITE is an update to the revolutionary mountain bike shoe that was the first to deliver podium-worthy pedaling performance combined with no compromise off-the-bike hike-ability and traction. In short, it’s a shoe for real mountain bike rides. Where all too often, you aren’t always riding.