After introducing their Stamp and Mallet shoes a few years ago, for flat and clip shoes respectively, Crankbrothers have a release a slightly more casual take on their Stamp shoe. This shoe, which has seen design input from its namesake Fabio Wibmer, is aimed at flat pedal street riders or those just wanting a more relaxed look from a pair of their mountain biking shoes.
The Stamp Street Fabio flat shoes use Crankbrother's own rubber compound (MC2) which they say is optimized for grip and durability. They also say it has low rebound properties to damp vibrations as well as abrasion-resistant lugs.
Much like their previous Stamp shoe models, this shoe is claimed to match up best with Crankbrothers pedals, and treat the shoe-pedal interface as one system that are made in consideration of the specifics of the other.
The shoes feature a synthetic upper with premium materials for protection and comfort. A reinforced TPU inner panel provides added protection from the crank arms whilst also aiming for a comfortable fit for all-day wear.
The shoes are available in black, purple, sage, and white. They have a retail of $129.99 USD. For more information please visit
crankbrothers.com.
Fast forward to zero drop/wide shoes in my casual and cycling life (well, as you mention, impossible to find zero drop and wide) and physical therapy on my feet has reduced the pain. I will say, my crankbros mallet BOA shoes I am using on the trail bike are the BEST for my foot currently, but, still waiting for a brand to come out with a 'human foot shaped' shoe as you mention.
These new Stamps look great and awesome to see how quickly CB has ramped up the shoe business.
I do have a friend that rides in Lems boulder boots and he says they are great, FWIW.
But in the meantime, I wear Specialized 2F0s because they have a fairly straight last. Most shoes have a slightly C-shaped last in addition to a pointed toe box, which together conspire to fold my fifth toe under my fourth. The 2F0s are snug, but at least they don't feel like they were designed with the sole (ahem) purpose of causing me pain.
I think most of my improvements have come from tossing ALL my shoes and reinvesting in Altra for casual, when i've needed dress shoes/boots I got EEE Allen Edmonds. I bought all wide cycling shoes (which aren't very wide) and I recently got some Lake shoes (mx23 for my gravel bike and XC and only have 2 rides in them thus far but I am very impressed.
In addition to the shoe investment, I did 6 months of physical therapy building muscles in my feet, legs, core and (try) to do those exercises daily. I also use toe spreaders whenever I can and iniji five finger socks (my daughter cringes at the horror of seeing those things on me).
It has been a lot of work, I am not pain free (don't think ill ever be) but I am at least able to ride my bike again, travel, work, etc.....when the neuroma came on during the pandemic (I was riding to work, 60 miles round trip, and suddenly got foot pain that was brutal) I thought cycling was over, but the above changes have got me back going again, I have discomfort, but not 'pain'. I can ride an hour before my feet hurt, but if I get off the bike and massage foot, it gives me another 30 mins and so on. Best of luck!!!!! DM me if you have any other questions-not that I am a neuroma guru, but, always nice to share pain stories? haha. Cheers-Stikman
Does anyone know where I can buy his shoes?