What is the go to material when you are looking for the best soccer cleats you can find? C’mon, it’s carbon fiber of course! Who better to utilize carbon fiber into an unbelievable looking and performing cleat than Nike. That’s where their Mercurial Vapor SL cleats come in, just take a look:
These $400 (retail) cleats are approved and worn by the one and only Cristiano Ronaldo (as well as Didier Drogba), and are made almost entirely from carbon fiber. As you can see, the entire upper portion is made from one piece of carbon fiber, and then the seven-layer outsole plate is made from a carbon composite interwoven with TPU and polyurethane. They call this Tepex, which you can read more about here. The studs at the bottom of the shoe are directly injected onto the chassis, giving maximum flexibility and speed.
The shoe is aimed towards increasing a players speed by utilizing the extremely lightweight and strong material in as many places as possible…hence the SL in the name, which stands for “Super Lite”. In fact, it only weighs in at 190 grams. The development process for Nike took 3 years, and spanned four different continents. When developing the cleat, Nike didn’t care about money, time, or manufacturing considerations. They had one goal…build the best soccer cleat.
Only 2,508 pairs were made, each one of them numbered. From those, 2,008 were “firm ground” and 500 were “soft ground”. It was released in August of 2008, and as far as I know you can only find them used now. The last I saw, a pair went for about $1,000 on eBay.
Nike also recently released matching carbon fiber Mercurial Blade shin guards, which we’ve written about here.
Now here’s some good videos, the first one being a great commercial that Nike did (We all know Nike makes awesome commercials) featuring Asafa Powell:
This next one is just some guys opening a box up with the shoes:
Big thanks to Chris for sending this one in, as well as sending some of the pictures in, thanks Chris!
I have a pair I think they are 10.5 us Anyone interested and they are used
How much?
My email is manchesterkid09@yahoo.com
contact me with a price
if not sold how muxh my email is bryan.melendez.13@gmail.com
i have been looking for these cleats for a year now and if u dont seel them i would love to have a price on them as soon as possible!
David7is@yahoo.com make an offer 10.5 US
how much do you want…please pick a reasonable price
how do u wnt for them
how much do you want for them hit me up
are they still available to buy? or have you sold them? i would love to buy them off you
what is the price
me i have been looking all over for these
How much would you like for them?
350
Does anyone have some nike mercurial vapor sl? ive been looking everywere for them and i cant find any.
You guys know anyone that has some of these boots a size 7.5? Please leave a comment. Thanks
$ 120 still have them
what size?
DUUUDEE!! i beg of you!! please let me buy them from you!! i BEG OF YOU!
im soo obsessed with them! pleasee! here you have my email: pops_6s@hotmail.com
please contact me as soon as possible!!
David!?
If they are size US10 and EU44. contact me! i’ll buy them! frederikv_-@hotmail.com
ive been looking for this boots for 2 and a half years please contact me mo.dou@hotmail.co.uk
i willl buy them from you, for a price under 300
I will pay whatever u want for the cleats. money is not a problem. email me at liv4soccerdie4grls@yahoo.com
if the all carbon fiber cleats are available. thanks
omg i love these boots i wish they made my size 13.5 and i had enough money
Please, if you have a size 7 or 7.5 in UK anything around that would be awesome if I could buy it off you. I will be getting the Nike BLADE shin guards which is the same material. CAN I PLEASE HAVE A OFFER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Contact me please at dmtmarshall@optusnet.com.au
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what i buy it?