I think its worth it Fozzy.
Tell you what, if I was flogging shoes at 2-3 times the price of these, I would be worried.
Printable View
I think its worth it Fozzy.
Tell you what, if I was flogging shoes at 2-3 times the price of these, I would be worried.
chatted with a friendly runner right up at the summit of Coniston Old Man on Friday
said he worked for Inov8 (don't know if he comes on here)
quizzed me about the Cheviot Mark 1's I was wearing - inspected the studs and everything - think he was worried ;)
Can't really fault the Mark 2. They've handled everything a wet,muddy Kinder could throw at them.
Bought a pair last week and just ordered another pair. Getting em in while they're cheap, that £ 30 price might start to rise.
Ordered some on Friday based purely on this thread so expecting great things then can save the Wave Harriers for summer wear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fozzy42
As I vary between 8 & 8.5 I've gone for size 9s so hope they'll be the perfect fit given the Start Fitness recommendation of 1/2 size above normal.
Any women got the Mk 2 yet?
My mark 1s are going very well in terms of wear and tear they still look new and am using them on every fell run - the fact they are too big on the heel helps (?) given every run is in 2 pairs of socks (1 a pair of seal skinz) but contouring in them is a real issue as my feet slide all over in them. It would be nice to know how much more of a slim fit the MK2 are specifically the womens 'specific' Ta
Em, if you're at Carwags tomorrow evening, have a word with Pam. She's had a pair of Mk2's for 3 or 4 weeks. Don't know if she'll be wearing them at Carwags, more likely her trail shoes. She would definitely have been wearing them at FF last Tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by emmilou
Ian.
Start Fitness now do 2x pairs for £55.
....if I didn't have a 2 new pairs of Roclite 295s sitting in a cupboard...I would be all over these. Although, if I sold the Roclites, bought 2 pairs of Cheviots, I would still be in profit.
I have been fortunate to get hold of both the mk 1's and 2 to test before they hit the streets and i have to say for a 30 quid fell shoe they are superb. There were a couple of minor details in the mk 1 that i didnt like mainly the extra mesh upper which split. This has been addressed in the mk 2's. The mk 2's are superb. Iv found them very comfy and are fairly good at draining on a bog run. The tread is brilliant and fills me with bags of confidence. The only negative with the tread is they are very slippy on flagged paths. However the positives you gain on the soft stuf far out weigh the negatives. For 30 pound i think these trainers are well worth a punt. Ive ditched running in my solomans which were 80 pound in favour of the more mile. If your going to buy a pair id definately go for the mk 2s and i just hope they bring out a mk 3. Well done more mile for producing a great shoe at a sensible price.
There was a tempting display of cheviot 2's on sale at the start of the Trog yesterday, so for £30 I succumbed... Just been for a first shortish run in a wet and snowy corner of the calder valley and thought I'd share a few thoughts compared to my Adidas Kanadias.
Fit wise I went for half a size smaller my Kanadias. The Cheviots seem a bit narrower in the toe box. Running in them today, I did like the fit, they seemed 'snugger' overall so they gripped more of my foot more effectively, I can imagine there'll be less potential for my foot to move around inside the shoe.
Grip wise I definitely felt more confident on slithery mud and grass, especially on descents. We did some bits of wet stone flagged path, grip was OK, not significantly different to Kanadias and certainly not lethally lacking. On hard surfaces I felt like more shock was transmitted to my foot, so Kanadias might remain a better option for routes with more tarmac or surfaced trails / paths. The Cheviots definitely much better for the soft and muddy stuff.
Early days yet, but I'm impressed so far. Will be interesting to see how durable they are.
Had an email through saying 25% of everything at the more miles website if you enter the promo code "moremile25" at the checkout. Offer runs out on Monday 11th unfortunately.
http://www.moremile.co.uk/
Got some on Friday; took them out over the downs on Friday (10 miles 1,000'), Saturday (14 miles 2,500') and Sunday for surrey LDWA's Punchbowl Marathon (30 miles and a lot of up and down). They were great; not just good but great. They were grippy and comfortable, had a good stable fit and on the Punchbowl they dealt with being out in really bad conditions for over seven hours; my only minor criticism is that they come with some really long laces but that is fairly easily remedied.
In fact they they were so good that some one walked off with them after the event. I've emailed the organisers and I'm sure it's just a mistake (all the shoes looked similar, i.e. dark brown clumps). If I get them back I'll be using them for anything were the going is soft; if I don't get them back I'll be buying a couple of pairs.
If any one form More Mile looks at this thread have a think about doing something along the lines of the Roclite 315 for harder trails and longer runs.
Cheers - Raymond
7 hours on the Gritstone trail today in the Cheviots. Knee deep mud, snow drifts, ice. The Cheviot 2 handled them all superbly. Couldn't fault them.
So far my only gripe with these shoes after hundreds of muddy, icy, sodden miles is that the laces are weak.
At least mine are.
I like them so much I'm even considering cleaning them tonight, only 3 hours after a run. Normally it'd be 3 weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
You clean your shoes???:w00t:
Wore mine for first time yesterday on a hillyish parkland, woodland and field path run - c9.45miles/1000ft - with plenty of mud, bogs, some snow and crossing ploughed fields (on the PROW I hasten to add!) and must say that I echo others comments about the grip,fit and comfort - a great improvement on the Wave Harriers I've worn regularly on such terrain as well as local moors - Rombalds/Baildon etc. May return to the Wave Harriers or Kanadias when conditions are drier/harder underfoot but the Cheviots are definitely the ones for softer ground for me from now on.:thumbup:
Rarely. Very rarely.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Decided against cleaning the Cheviots tonight though. I'll just buy another pair when they get too dirty
I clean mine. Well I say clean, but what it really means is that I throw them on the ground out the back and turn the hosepipe on them :pQuote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
Returning from tonight's club run I am under the impression that Inov8 mudclaw will be getting there profit margin hit by these.
Very popular, more popular than mudclaws.
Can anyone advise re: sizing on the mk2, I would normally wear a 10 mudclaw or 10.5 Salomon Speedcross. Thinking 10.5 in these?
I'm a 10 in most shoes and my size 10 Cheviots fit perfectlyQuote:
Originally Posted by goatwalker
Thanks Will.Race
Most people tend to go up half a size for the Black / Red Cheviot mk2's. If you're 10 Mudclaw then go 10.5 for Cheviots.Quote:
Originally Posted by goatwalker
Usually, when ordering a new model of shoe, I order a couple of sizes to make sure I get the best fit. Worse case scenario it costs you £3.99 to send the other pair back....which you have saved by buying 2 pairs for £55.Quote:
Originally Posted by goatwalker
Couple of weeks in and I am liking these very much. Flexibility improves with use and they feel very low to the ground...like Walsh PB extremes.
Grip on non rocky surfaces transformative. Cant really comment on extended rocky surface yet. But I will be racing in them.
Great run today around the Edale Skyline. Conditions were hard/icy underfoot, with frozen bogs over Brown Knoll. Shoes were great. No difference against Inovs or Walsh, other than better grip on the down and up from Grindslow to Ringing Roger. Time will tell if they stay together, but now wear in the uppers after several longer fell runs and 2 races.
I've just got a lovely red and black pair of these. They match my KCAC sweatshirt and are rather good I think. As good as my mudclaws dare I say :o
Good tip. Since I've got all sizes of shoes from 5 to 6.5 in my shoe cupboard, I was having trouble guessing which size to order, so I did what you suggested, settled for the 6 and just sent the other back.:thumbup: Mind you, had I known someone would be selling them at the Flower Scar race on Sat. I could have saved myself the effort. Ah well.Quote:
Originally Posted by barrierfreeman
Only worn them once so far - 14 miler over Winter Hill, Anglezarke and Darwen Moors. Since the ground was pretty frozen it wasn't the sternest test, but they were comfy, even on the hard stuff.
Gave em a good work out on sugarloaf today. Utterly brilliant. Worrying about grip no longer an issue.
If I had spent £80-90 on these I would be feeling very smug in the knowledge that spending more gives you much better equipment. But they were £30. I am gobsmacked.
Googling around, I find that the only real reservation is about longevity.
So, question. What would be better? 3 pairs of these (maybe in different colours) or one pair of a premium brand?
Having done many runs, races and even the High Peak Marathon where the frozen bogs felt like running on broken bottles, I am more than happy with the Mk1 pair. They still have many more miles left in them.
first outing for mine yesterday.
3,600' on a snowy Arthur's Seat.
excellent.
size wise - I always find euro 42 fits me, but how manufacturers match this up to UK sizing seems to vary.
for these EU42 = UK 8 = right for me.
I had a pair of Mk 1's disintegrate on me with less than 200M on the clock
the heel cup parted company with the sole
to be fair, I was aggressively contouring on a short race, and I do weigh 13 stone
I'm going to use my remaining pair of Mk 1's just for slower/more controlled training and see how many miles I can get on them...
This was my only question when I received mine and may possibly swap with my old inov8 330 laces if it becomes a problem, none so far though.Quote:
Originally Posted by shaunaneto
I initially bought the mk2 for training only, now that inov8 330's are getting more and more expensive:thunbdown:. I have probably gone through nearly 10 pairs since 2006 I still have a new pair of inov8 330 which I was going to use for racing only, but have been so impressed with the More Miles that I used them on the Stan Bradshaw Round on Saturday.
Done over 60miles in them and don't see any different to my old inov8 only the price if they last 6 months that will probably be the same as some pairs of my Inov8 330's have lasted anyway.
I am a convert , sorry but its bye inov8 you have priced yourself out of the market as far as I am concerned.
i had the same problem with a lot less than 200m run - well, two medium length races in very wet / muddy conditions, and a few weeks of training , and first the uppers split - and i thought - shame after such a short time, but they might still last a bit, but then the sole came right off of one.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Until then i had been very happy with them, and thought them a great bargain - but I went back to inov8 330, also from Start fitness for about 50 quid inc 10% discount with a free pair of socks.
I'm also about 12/13 stone , so perhaps that is the reason, and maybe i just had a 'bad ' pair, but now i see them as a false economy compared to innov8, which last me about 5 times as long.
SF had some Adidas Swoop recently for £30, and i would rather get them as a cheap shoe - my only other pair lasted quite well, though they are notoriously slippy on wet rock and paving slabs.
Actually my innov8s have lasted me a lot longer than 5 times as long as the More Miles - more like 1/2 years compared to a few weeks.
But obviously many find them hard wearing - and if so, then they are good shoe and great value - but that was my experience, and thus would be wary of trying them again.
Was that Mk1 or Mk2 Skyrun?
Raced in my Mk2's today. Superlative. Slipped badly on a wet slab but that was one step out of thousands that were secure. A guy came past me on his ars3 descending a streaming wet field...he was all over the place but I felt rock steady.
My mk1s have hit the 400 mile mark. I've changed both laces, but it looks like I've got quite a while yet before I can order some mk2s
I did the Hobble in mine and over 32 miles they were just fine and dandy :thumbup:
A bit like most shoes, these just ain't gonna work for some folk.
Mk1 - I did find them very slippery on wet rock as well, but I wasn't much bothered about that, and thought they were generally a great shoe for the money - it was the fact that they disintegrated after a few weeks that bothered me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wheeze
But obviously many , like yourself , have had a positive experience with them, and found them hard wearing. Maybe i'm just very heavy on my shoes. I don't know whether to try to Mk2 or not, but I'm wary of buying another pair,as i said.