“You do not get socks more advanced than this”
This is what the Norwegian web site Syklistenes Landsforening has to say about X-Socks in their review. 6 out of 6 points for functionality!
Thanks to Knut from our Norwegian distributor Interplaza for pointing that out.
Update: Knut translated parts of the review for us:
X-Socks mountainbiking short
Advanced socksYou don’t find socks more advanced than these
By Morten Karlsen, Feb. 26, 2006
The Union of Bicyclists, Norway“We are used to advanced bicycles, shoes, jackets, gloves. This is not enough. Now also socks are build up in an advanced way. As many manufacturers of socks make socks in the same fabric and the same thickness all over the sock, X-Socks has gone in and defined where on the foot it is needed different functions. Then they make the socks with maximum wearing characteristic underneath the foot where the contact with the shoe is intense, they add a thick shockabsorbing material across the Achilles back on the heel, padding over the ankles, etc. etc. read more on www.x-socks.com”.
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