innov8 HEELS

[socks]

your beautifull legs and feet would slip into any shoe , there so dainty, no wonder you fly across the fells like an angel

eh up daz!!! - think you're getting confused here with someone else - or were you on the booze early today????

[daz h]

eh up daz!!! - think you're getting confused here with someone else - or were you on the booze early today????

nope def not

[socks]

nope def not

Well then!!!

[jimbob]

Let us know if this actually works as i am having the same problem, but with 330's (only on the right heel) and am getting a bit P****D off with it as the shoes are well(ish) worn in and the problem is getting worse

This is exactly the same as me. After Cader Idris this weekend my right heel was shreaded in my Mudclaw 270's. The left is fine. The last time I wore them was for Llangynhafel and during the last fast descent I sort of went over on that foot and the heel was sore afterwards but not blistered, more like a carpet burn. Previously I have only had a problem with the side of the heel not the bottom, this time it has obviously blistered and torn off a circular piece an inch and a half in diameter. I had taped both my heels and had seal skin socks but my feet were soaked after running through the boggy field and I guess the tape must have come off when my feet were wet and the major damage was done on the descent as I was pretty much crippled by the time I hit the road. I'm now thinking of chucking the innov8's for something else but I'm totally in love with the way they grip on pretty much everything. So the question is ...do I
1) Steam the right heel?
2) Get some better padded insole thingys?
3) Wear two pairs of socks?
4) Buy some Washes?
5) Hop the whole way on my left foot?

[(notsomuchofa)Fellrunner]

Mine fitted like a glove (if you know what I mean) after a bit of steaming. They then fell apart at the front after a couple of races. I've had a couple of pairs of Glads since & I've found the fit & build quality pretty good.

[Graeme]

I'm trying t break in a pair of 280's they hurt like hell yesterday, and that's after steaming. Might be going up for sale if they're no better next time i wear them.

[Wylie Coyote]

Sore Heels?
Bloody luxury!
I suffer from two very pronounced 'Haglands deformitys'. It therefore takes me about 6 months to wear in every brand of fell shoe I have tried, by then the things are beginning to wear out. In the past In have binned my shoes after 12 months, this year, however I resoled my Mudclaw 330 'O' as the uppers were still in good nick. There is of course a hole through to the outer lining where my deformity protrudes! Unfortunatley they could not do the original sole so I had to make do with another one (I think it is the one from the 270 or it could be off the Mudroc - no idea.
Wylie

[Pike]

Steaming works for me. 20 seconds over a steaming kettle is ample to soften the heel, then you'll get a better result from pushing the heel out with your thumbs when it's pliable, rather than by actually putting it on your foot.

I would not advise steaming for much more than 20 seconds in case it weakens any glue or materials of the shoe.

[Toffer]

1) Steam the right heel?
2) Get some better padded insole thingys?
3) Wear two pairs of socks?
4) Buy some Washes?
5) Hop the whole way on my left foot?

Buy some Walshes, though I wouldn't use them on Cadr anyway

[Graeme]

Unfortunatley they could not do the original sole so I had to make do with another one (I think it is the one from the 270 or it could be off the Mudroc - no idea.
Wylie

It'll be the sole off the mudroc, it's the only one they'll resole, or so they told me when I asked for a resole on a pair of flyrocs.