Customer Reviews Five Ten Sleuth

I am overall very happy with this shoe. This was not my first pair of FiveTens so I know what they are usually like. These are different but I will get to that in a moment. My other pair is the Freerider Contact. That is a very different shoe. It is much stiffer and seems to be geared more towards racing or aggressive riding. I bought the Sleuths so I could walk with a bit more ease and not have as stiff of a shoe for BMX or walking around town. These shoes deliver on that and do it very well. Could I do an enduro or downhill race in them? For sure. Would I? Probably not. But that's what I have my Contacts for. These shoes just do not have the stiffness or toe protection for that style of riding. As for the fit, well they fit a lot like a stiff and narrow pair of Vans. They are not like Vans though in any other way. They are far better for riding a mountain bike than Vans. The only complaint I have about these is that they run really big; like a half size too big. I think in FiveTen and Adidas' (Adidas owns FiveTen) collaborative build of these shoes, the sizing got a bit off. My size twelve Sleuth was almost a half-inch longer than my size twelve Contact shoe. You can really see it in the picture. So you might want to order a half size down. Also, not a complaint but an FYI, the shoe's sides are real suede leather. If you ride in the wet or mud a lot, this shoe might not be the best choice. I will say though that the suede really completes the look. Overall though, for less aggressive but still hard riding, and better ventilation than a full-blown race shoe, these are some of the best shoes out there.

The design is beautiful ,fit and size is correct. The reason For one star overall,is the very poor quality of the material. I purchase those for biking,and after the first ride I had stains on the shoes from the leg sweat, what basically eat the colour. I tried to remove the stains but with no success. Very disappointed!

They did not fit well and they looked rather cheap. My son did not keep them.

Okay at first until they got wet and the inside toe area wrinkled, shrunk and started to hurt my toes on further rides. I can not wear any longer and I do not know on what to replace them with. My other pair of Freerider at the same size have had no problems with wear and comfort which I have worn for about two years. I am searching for an alternate biking shoe.