Sure, it appears to be like largely like a easy colorway collaboration, however the brand new MAAP x QUOC Gran Tourer XC collab really fully transforms the look & really feel of those well-liked gravel bike footwear. For those who don’t consider me, simply scroll down and take a look at the pair of Quocs I’ve been using not too long ago.
The distinctive MAAP styling results in a considerably revised higher and new safety design. And it ends in a very completely different look – plus actually, extra performance-looking vibes – to an already high-performing pair of carbon-soled gravel & cross-country footwear.
And QUOC says that is solely the primary restricted version collaboration with MAAP. So, we count on to see extra reimaginings of their footwear going ahead…
MAAP x QUOC Gran Tourer XC gravel shoe collaboration
QUOC calls the restricted version MAAP Gran Tourer XC a “contemporary interpretation” of their high efficiency off-road footwear, letting the Australian biking attire model’s design aesthetic reimagine QUOC’s technical footwear. The brand new look was ostensibly created to align with the MAAP Fog colorway of their newest Alt_Road attire vary.
At first look, I assumed it was only a particular version colour. However actually, it’s a reasonably main higher redesign, whereas protecting the core Gran Tourer XC particulars.
“Collaborating with MAAP has been a gratifying and rewarding course of. Way more than creating a brand new colourway—it was about innovating, iterating and delivering one thing actually particular that resonates with our shared audiences. The complementary design and values of each manufacturers are mirrored in each element, and what in the end comes throughout is our shared ardour for pushing the boundaries of biking.”
– Quoc Pham, QUOC founder and designer
So what’s new?
Let’s begin with what carries over. The brand new gravel shoe collab begins with the identical core powerful artificial microfiber higher, conventional symmetric tongue design, 2x wire retention dials, and the identical stiff carbon composite sole.
MAAP’s (Motion Artwork Various Paths) model first shakes that sole up by co-molding their rubber tread lugs from a barely translucent TPU materials that lets among the colours present by.
An all-new higher
The MAAP x QUOC higher can be fully completely different than the usual Gran Tourer XC. Right here you get a microfiber with a grid texture molded into its floor, and solely that includes air flow openings on the highest of the toe, contained in the instep, and on the tongue. These vent perforations cowl a lot much less space than the usual QUOC shoe, however are a lot larger holes.
The tongue can be now made from a special light-weight TPU materials with small vertical ribs meant to mould to the rider’s foot, and once more larger diameter air flow perforations revealing a mesh backing.
New particulars from heel to toe!
The MAAP footwear additionally add a brand new accent colour webbing pull tab on the heel.
There’s additionally an all-new safety design. From the beginning, QUOC’s Gran Tourer footwear have featured a full 360° wrap-around TPU safety layer that prevented scrapes (largely) but additionally helped preserve water out. MAAP’s design pares that safety again to simply the larger heel and toe areas (realistically, the place it’s most wanted), and creates a very completely different look within the course of.
MAAP x QUOC Gran Tourer XC gravel shoe – Pricing, choices & availability
The brand new MAAP x QUOC Gran Tourer XC gravel footwear are available in simply this one Fog colour, and in entire EU sizes 38-47. You possibly can decide them up both from QUOC or MAAP on-line or at their respective retailers for $330, 295€, or $480 Australian dollarydoos.
And so they have a claimed weight of 327g (per shoe, dimension 42), precisely the identical QUOC now states for his or her customary Gran Tourer XC, too
Extra new 2025 QUOC colours, coming quickly. Shhh!
Along with the brand new MAAP-edition footwear, QUOC is including a number of extra new appears to be like to their gravel line-up coming very quickly, prepared for spring. Eagle-eyed readers could have seen these similar Gran Tourer XCs within the new Cannondale Topstone story in a colorway that’s form of the alternative low-key look that we noticed on the lace-ups we examined final 12 months.
QOUC has been teasing new season updates on social media that land on Wednesday. So, preserve your eyes peeled for these gravel footwear and some extra very quickly.
