Welcome to the next generation

Lake CX239 Road Cycling Shoe & MX239 Off-Road Shoes for MTB & Gravel

At Lake, we don’t sit still. We’re always on the move – like our world-leading cycling shoes. Innovation and a desire to create the most comfortable, high-performance cycling shoes in the world, is ultimately what drives us – and it’s this that has helped us to create what we believe is the next generation in cycling shoe design and comfort – the all-new Lake 239, for road cyclists and off-road adventure seekers! The Lake CX/MX239 is designed to take forward the mantle of our classic 238 cycling shoe, and it has some significant changes to keep you ahead of the peloton.

Drawing on over 42 years of Lake cycling shoe innovation and excellence, the new Lake CX239 and MX239 models give cyclists one of the most comfortable and stylish, high-performance cycling shoes in the world today, thanks to some subtle but significant changes from our design team, led by Hutch!

Bridging the generation gap

This sleek and modern cycling shoe blends the best of the old and the new from our unrivalled range of cycling footwear, ensuring that Lake remain at the forefront of cycling shoe performance and design. With an integrated tongue, the 239 gives your feet a more secure feel on closure, wrapping your feet for added stability and ensuring that every pedal stroke is maximised and converted into power. Lake have always led the way for comfort and fit, developing cycling shoes for every size and shape, on every ride – whether that’s on the roads or on the technical trails. The new CX/MX239 continues this reputation, with secured instep enabling the perfect fit for both arch support and heel hold. Wearing the shoe on recent rides here in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the increased heel-hold and forefoot comfort was noticeable and helped with the necessary power transfer when out of the saddle and pedal-dancing on the climbs.

The integrated instep on the new CX/MX239 upper also give the shoe a sleek and stylish finish, similar in many ways to our CX333 and CX403 models. It takes the CX239 and MX239 to a whole new level of cycling shoe security and comfort for your feet. How important is this – it's vital, as the foot is moving and working hard all ride long, and you need that effort to be transferred into forward momentum. Having been off the bike for a while, I could thankfully feel the extra power transfer as I tackled the upward tarmac sections.

Added security for your feet – all ride long

Closure and foot security in action is important for all cyclists and not just elite riders. Getting this right requires expertise, which is why we have partnerships with some of the world’s best bike fitters. Feedback from these experts- who talk to the whole tapestry of cyclists, all over the cycling world - has helped us to redesign the BOA fit system configuration on the new 239 models. The CX239 and MX239 still utilise the unrivalled qualities of BOA fit system butnow do so with a wider configuration on the shoe upper, allowing a greater area of adjustability to the forefoot and instep areas. This gives the CX/MX239 a closer, more secure and more comfortable fit over a wide range of foot shapes and sizes, whatever your chosen style of riding. It’s now easier to secure the forefoot totally independent of the instep area too, creating a more personalised feel to the fit of the shoe as it wraps each area of your feet independently, like a second skin, giving you one of the most comfortable cycling shoes that you’re ever likely to wear – with sleek and modern styling sewn in, too.

The lower cut to the ankle area has been designed to increase rider comfort and ankle movement, whilst heel counter on the new CX/MX239 has been reinforced and stiffened with fiberglass to give that all-important tighter heel hold and a closer feel to the fit and the overall security of the foot. These subtle, yet significant design innovations ensure that the foot remains stable within the shoe, allowing movement to be limited to the cranks turning and efficiently transferring your efforts into maximum power and performance. Yes, those steep and testing climbs in the European Alps, or on training camps in Majorca, suddenly become less taxing, as your feet and your cycling performance feel the benefits of this important rider-led changes.

Style is never optional as cyclists

Style is important to cyclists, we understand that, and it’s an important part of the Lake design process. We recognise the need to make a cycling shoe that’s sleek, stylish and strong, and that will last you over many years of use on tarmac and on the trails. The design of our new CX238 and MX239 keeps you looking good and feeling fine in the style peloton. The newly designed and sleeker upper, with the integrated tongue helps us to achieve this, whilst also maximising performance. For us here at Lake, comfort, performance and style must work in harmony and to help to produce performance that creates smiles on those long cycling miles.

In terms of the road cycling variation, the CX239 toe bumper is newly designed to be more robust and taller where it needs to be, whilst reducing its length, so that it protects the leather through the trials and rigours of long rides over many years. We’ve also added extra protection around the heel counter too, with a Helcor Abrasion resistant heel panel provides an additional layer of durability. The new 239 keeps our high-quality leather uppers as well as stylish microfiber options, whilst we’ve added new coatings and finishes to make the CX239 and MX239 leather models better for cleaning with polish and other leather treatments. You can now be sure that they’ll remain looking as good as they feel for years to come.

Maximising power on every pedal stroke

The upper on the CX239 has the vent moved to ball of foot, allowing the foot to expand and giving metatarsals relief, whilst aiding airflow and breathability on those long days of summer cycling. Along with our 100% carbon fibre sole, you can rely on a lightweight but effective and strong cycling sole that will maximise power transfer and give you that super stylish look that cyclists long for, too. On the mountain bike and gravel versions of the MX239, the gravel version utilizes a lighter-weight, minimal rubber tread for long on the bike rides, while the mountain bike version offers a more robust tread design for on the ground stability and walkability, whilst both versions retaining that all-important stiffness to the off-road specific soles. Let’s not forget that, when the terrain gets technical, riders need all the help that they can get to power on through the rock lines and forest trails.

With a selection of width fittings built on our renowned ‘Competition Last’, we’re confident that the all-new Lake CX239 road cycling and MX239 off-road cycling shoes will enable cyclists to ride into a performance-led future. Isn’t it time, then that you joined the cycling shoe revolution and wrapped your own cycling feet in over 42 years of cycling shoe innovation and excellence, with the new, Lake CX239 and MX239 – the next generation of the cycling shoe is here, and it takes a fresh look at cycling shoe comfort and performance!