Anyone else had a bad experience with the soles of some fell shoes?
In the space of a few miles this morning I have had two nasty falls when the soles of my Adidas Swoop 2's(3rd outing) failed to give any sort of grip on wet paving slabs. While I appreciate that they are designed for off road use I have to cross a couple of roads to get to the nearby fields - the first fall took place on a corner and I picked myself up and put it down to taking the corner too tight and too fast. The second fall a few miles further on as I planted my foot on piece of paving slab hidden beneathe the surface of the mud resulted in being spread eagled and badly scraped.
As a lot of fell races incorporate some potentially slippery slab type material (The 3 peakes for example) what I need to know is will the shiney plastic type soles of these shoes become abraided naturally after a few more carefull runs or should I take some action myself and try routhening the studs with emery paper for example?
My previouse pair of fell shoes (Walshes) although a little harsh on long races like the 3 Peakes presented no problems when running on short sections of road.
Any comments on these shoes or any others would be appreciated.