Mavic’s mid-tier Gravel and XC shoe ticks a lot of boxes with plenty of the features you'd expect but is let down by a lackluster insole.

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"The foot is naturally flexible, and so as you walk, there's a certain bend in it, and you lose that if you have a stiff shoe like a platform." Holmstrom said he's seen an array of fractures ...

After a certain point, the stiffness becomes unnoticeable, and it just feels like a stiff shoe. The Physis has been just that. It is a stiff shoe and definitely feels like other premium XC shoes ...