No need to have multiple power meters for each bike if your power meter is in your sole - Courtesy Luck
The Luck Potentiometer is a shoe-sole based power meter - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
The power-meter sole can be used on any high-end Luck shoe, on one or both shoes - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
There are some 16 models that can accept the ANT /Bluetooth power meter sole - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
Custom graphics are available on a few models - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
A few of the leather-upper options - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
Who says leather has to be black and plain? - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
Provide Luck with graphics and they can produce shoes like this - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
The Luck app works on Bluetooth, but you can use a Garmin or other computer with the Luck power meter - Courtesy Luck
Two years ago Spanish shoe maker Luck announced its prototype power meter that is built into cycling shoe soles. At Eurobike this year, Luck has a finished product that the company is selling for €200 per shoe.
The Luck Potentiometer (power meter) can be bolted onto any high-end Luck shoe — road or mountain — according to Luck director Juan José Pascual. There are about 16 models for between €200 and €300 that can use the meter. US and UK pricing was not available.
While the prototype was Bluetooth only, the new version is Bluetooth and ANT+, so it can work with the company's app or any standard cycling computer like a Garmin Edge.
The Luck app works on Bluetooth, but you can use a Garmin or other computer with the Luck power meter - Courtesy Luck
If you use one meter on one shoe, it operates like a Stages or 4iiii one-sided crank-based meter — it just doubled the wattage number for a single power figure. If you buy two, then you get left/right power as well.
The power-meter sole can be used on any high-end Luck shoe, on one or both shoes - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
Luck also offers a range of custom options, inside and out of the shoe. You can buy custom-fit shoes based on your measurements, and custom-printed designs are available, too.
Some of the Luck shoes have leather uppers, and the high-end mountain shoes feature natural rubber lugs.
Provide Luck with graphics and they can produce shoes like this - Ben Delaney / Immediate Media
Ben Delaney is a journalist with more than two decades of experience writing for and editing some of the biggest publications in cycling. Having studied journalism at the University of New Mexico, Ben has worked for Bicycle Retailer & Industry News, VeloNews and BikeRadar. He has also previously worked as Global Brand Communications Manager for Specialized. Ben covers all things road and gravel, and can be found logging big miles in the Rocky Mountains that nestle alongside his home in Boulder, Colorado. He has covered the most important bike races in the sport, from the Tour de France and Tour of Flanders, to the Unbound gravel race, and specialises in tech content, showcasing what the pros are riding and putting everyday equipment through its paces.
