I'm afraid I can't give a specific date but it's not expected till at least the middle of the year.Originally Posted by Richard36
You would be best with the 230 as it's in stores now.
I'm afraid I can't give a specific date but it's not expected till at least the middle of the year.
You would be best with the 230 as it's in stores now.
No offence II...but isnt the recolite a bit of a ploy to trail runners and the like...the sort of people who read Runners World
Thanks
If you look on the Inov8 website Tom there's 5 out and out fell shoes and a hell of a lot of trail shoes and why not?
It's debatable that likes of Roclite 285 is more revolutionary than x-talon
If you pick up RW it's full of off-road running events and their most recent race of the year list makes interesting reading!
I worry about Runners World.....laxst year it recommended Jura...now do they not see the strain that it must place on organisers if you have fun runners on serious fell courses. But anyway back to the point, i dont understand Inov8 because their whole philosophy goes against according to their proportion of trail shoes their target audience..and lets be honest at the end of the day, trail shoe wise Salomon will win hands down.If you look on the Inov8 website Tom there's 5 out and out fell shoes and a hell of a lot of trail shoes and why not?
It's debatable that likes of Roclite 285 is more revolutionary than x-talon
If you pick up RW it's full of off-road running events and their most recent race of the year list makes interesting reading!
Then again that is only me and Inov8 have peed me off recently
Turbo
I think you may well be missing the point.
If you go to most if not all the "specialist" running stores not one of them sell a sandal or similar. We were asked for this product.....it's better than what is currently available from the outdoor or big sports brands.
But hey it's all about choice.
We specialise in fellrunning, that's the sport we do but that's not to say that folks who want to run off road or who go walking/climbing shouldn't be a inov-8 customer.
Fair does....but shouldnt you make more fell shoes then if you 'specialise' which you truly do in that area.
Give over Turbo.
Do you know any other footwear company that offers such a range of " fellrunning" shoes?
Do other brands have 5 different fell models?
Do they have 3 different sole patterns?
Do they have different rubber compounds?
Do they offer different levels of cushioning?
Do they offer 10 models of "Trail" shoes that can and are used by fellrunners?
Just because you and I are fellrunners it doesn't mean other runners shouldn't benefit from inov-8's fit, grip etc.
As a footnote I was involved with ETA the specialist fellrunning brand, we had 2 specific fell shoes & 2 trail. Unfortunately even though they specialised the fellrunning Market alone was not big enough to support them and it folded.
Why do you think the likes of your favourite brand only have one shoe?
And why do you think that their sponsored runners choose inov-8 come race day?
I think there is a market for a shoe like this. At the 3 ultras I did last year there were a number of top runners, Martin Indge, Martin Beale amongst others who wear crocs before and after the race as a shoe just to let the feet breath and recover.
I think £60 is a bit steep though for a shoe that doesn't get any abuse
I see no reason why Inov8 shouldn't try to dominate as many markets as possible . After all Fell Running (although we all love it) is a small market . Trail running and road running are masive in the rest of the world . That is were Inov8 will make the money if they can get into those markets on an international level . And if they make money there , they will be able to continue making shoes for us .
£60 for a pair of sandals ? Well , you probably get what you pay for .
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