And swoops are appalling on anything; most expensive pub shoes I've ever bought!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
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And swoops are appalling on anything; most expensive pub shoes I've ever bought!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike T
Hopefully the innevitable Fellcross 2 will address the grip situation, and bring it in line with the excellent upper :-)
Oh, I must be mistaken then..... Apologies, it was an easy mistake to make after only 30 years experience.... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
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Originally Posted by AndyA
Try telling that to Tom Adams & my 12 year old son ! They swear by them !! One mans Robin Reliant is another mans Bentley............
Apology accepted, just don't do it again! (didn't realise mudclaw had been around that long!)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fellhound
Last years winner of the Auld Lang Syne fell race was running in swoops.... 1st & 2nd place were both wearing Adidas!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
They can`t be that bad....
No they're not that bad really; several of our juniors wear them. They are a bit exciting on wet slab and rock but, as others have said, most fell shoes are. I don't rate them for steep grass or mud descents either, not compared to the mudclaw anyway. Not done ALS so don't know what the route's like.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roland
What you seem to forget that these are professional athletes who are being paid of lot of money to run in Adidas. There's probably a good chance that the swoops that they are running in aren't off the shelf swoops, they will probably even have a softer rubber sole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roland
I love that phrase, perhaps if you added "my dear boy " on to the end, you could make it sound even more patronising!Quote:
Originally Posted by hopey
tbh I doubt adidas care what the brownlee brothers wear for fell running; they sponsor them for their tv exposure, I doubt they'll be making special shoes just so they can win bottles of beer at the weekend! They'll get the shoes for free but that's probably it.
If I had free shoes, I'd probably wear them too (although I'd wear the swoops down the pub; see above!)
I had a worn (on the sole) pair of wave harriers resoled recently, by the good folk of Lancashire Shoe Repairs. It cost twenty quid, and I now have the grippiest, and comfiest, shoes I have ever run in. All my other shoes are walshes which I also rate highly (if they can stop my vast bulk from slipping they must be good!), and I don't know how long the new sole will last but hey, for twenty quid they're a bargain!
The only down side for me was that it involved dealings with the dark side, over the border...
Really as bad as "my dear boy"...?Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyA
A special shoe wouldn't cost Adi anything.
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Originally Posted by plodding bear
Any chance you could post a photo of these shoes...
Choice made, I'll be wearing fell cross for tonights HPM. I'll let you know I they cope tomorrow, maybe! might be Sunday;)
If I knew how to, I would! I'll have to get one of my kids to help me...
If you google 'LSR fell soles' it'll take yo to their website which has piccies of the sole on it.
Fell crosses were excellent, no soreness to my feet anywhere so 5*'s for comfort, they've now done over 100 miles and to be honest the uppers look brand new(with some minor marks) studs are showing only a little wear so that looks good too.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak
Grip has been quite good, certainly no problems on the wet boggy stuff, one bad point was they were quite slippy on the paving slabsup to Mill hill so thumbs down for that although a member of my team had mudclaws on and she fell twice due to slipping on the same path!
I've just weighed my size 10's they are absolutly soaking and covered in mud having been left out to dry in the pouring rain 550grms, dry out of the box they weigh 295. it would be interesting to compare the weights with mudclaws in similar conditions but I doubt I'd buy another pair now.
just a foot note(sorry) when they were brand new they felt abit clumpy/stiff but they feel great now.
Ps my new pair turned up this morning :)
Looking for a new pair of fell trainers at the moment and have just seen these, has anyone had any joy with them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgwY7cTD1rE
Love mine, bought a second pair, still in the box but waiting for when the first pair wear out.Quote:
Originally Posted by rdb77uk
that's some seriously messed up toe nails going on there :w00t:Quote:
Originally Posted by rdb77uk
So have Salomon got it right then, can they be proud of there first real crack at a fell shoe...
May be not as ricky lightfoot's been out testing a new version! and another salomon runner recently wore inov8s to victory only a few weeks ago!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Roland
Who was that then?Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodzy
seek and you shall find.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vegan Runner
I had a look this morning and couldn't find anything. Give us a clue eh?
Get yaself to a fell race and look around :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Vegan Runner
S'funny but someone said something about Salomon runners wearing Inov8 shoes some months back and no-one named names. I'm beginning to think it's a load of cobblers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat-Lad
I really wouldnt lose sleep over it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vegan Runner
Are they any good? How do they size up compared say to inov8 sizes?
Could these be the Fellcross 2....
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They don't look like these. Next gen Speedcross?Quote:
Originally Posted by Roland
Good find.... Quite tempted to try a pair of fellcross this autumn/winter..
I hope the picture is wrong as the sole looks exactly the same as the "1", hopefully its the same pattern using but using a softer compound ..?
There's no changes to the Speedcross for 2013, apart from new colours, so can't be that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vegan Runner