on offer today (in all 3 colours) for £24.95
including free pair of socks and free technical T-shirt!
on offer today (in all 3 colours) for £24.95
including free pair of socks and free technical T-shirt!
Just recently bought a pair of these and am well pleased up to now. I’ve done two runs in them so far, the second one being a 17 miler over Whernside and Ingleborough on Saturday, and they’ve been great.
Compared to my previous Mizuno Wave Harriers (which are great shoes that I’d recommend to anybody) they are a bit more ‘clumpy’ with a stiffer sole but for long training runs over mixed ground they are excellent and the stiffer construction is probably a bit more protective (your feet can take a bit of a pounding in the Wave Harriers after 4 hours or so).
The other great thing about the Cheviots is the very aggressive, grippy sole, which was a boon on the muddy bits of the route on Saturday. I was a bit worried they’d be treacherous on wet stone slabs but they don’t seem any worse than the Wave Harriers in that respect (ie – not great but not bad either).
For less than £30 they represent top value for money, provided they last a few months (which is the best I’ve ever had out of a pair of expensive Inov8s)
Hi,
I wrote this review to go on the More Mile website but it wouldn’t fit into their parameters. Also, I wrote it before I’d read some of the excellent reviews already posted on this thread. Anyway, here’s my two penn’th…
The first thing to say is these shoes are obviously a fell shoe as opposed to a trail shoe - the extremely aggressive tread let's you know that (had seen reviews elsewhere where people had only done light trail in them). I just did the Eccles Pike Race circuit (about 3.4m 1,000ft ascent) in them in wet and muddy conditions. They gripped in the mud and wet grass and even coped with wet tree root and rock well (I'd say nothing's 100% grippy on wet rock and tree root but these were in the 90%s. I bought these Cheviots hoping they would be better than my old Addidas Swoop in this respect and the Cheviots didn't let me down.)
The shoe was instantly comfortable and remained that way for the 36mins it took me to run Eccles Pike (bit slow I know!). The rubber rand round the front meant that not as much water came in as did with my old Addidas, which was nice. The nice new big aggressive tread did make me feel like I was running on tractor tyres on road but let's face it they're not meant for that and that will no doubt lessen with wear. The last, or mid sole area, looks very much like an old pair of Inov8 Mudrocs I used to have but (fingers crossed for the future) the padding around the Achilles’ heel area looks a lot better and won't rub like they did ( - those Inov8s actually made me bleed!)
So, in summary, these are a really comfortable, really grippy fell shoe (probably most akin to Inov8's MudClaw), which at £30 are less than half the price and they are designed by a British company. You could do a lot worse than buy a pair of these for your next fell shoe. (Having said that I haven't done hundreds of miles in them, yet!)
Well, on the basis of the reviews on here I have taken a punt on a pair. Got a 'free' fleece and pair of socks for 29.99 plus 4.95 postage. Also got a further 10% off with the code posted previously. I haven't done a proper fell run for ages and have been using New Balance 749s for road running and light trail running so will be interested to see how these More Mile shoes compare to the NB 101s I was using at the start of the year when I take to the hills again, hopefully on Saturday if they arrive in time. the NB 101s have brilliant grip on grass but are deadly on wet concrete/rocks, etc.
Anyone any thoughts on sizing, do these tend toward the large or the small, look like a bargain for training.
If you think MT101s have a good grip on grass, wait until you try the Cheviots! The 101 has an OK trail sole but the Cheviot has a proper, aggressive fell sole, rivalling the Inov-8 Mudclaw. They are not great on wet slabs or rocks but no worse than most other fell shoes.Originally Posted by granty
Size-wise I bought the same UK10.5 I’ve had in Wave Harriers and Inov-8s and they seem fine. My only comment is that the end of the shoe is a bit ‘flat’ (square) so your toes can make contact if you don’t have them laced tightly enough or if you have feet like Sideshow Bob.... The Wave Harriers have a little bit more length (tiny difference though)
well the shoes arrived and out the box I have to say I was well impressed with the quality of them and how aggressive the sole tread is. I ordered a size 8. I need 8.5 in NB MT101 and 749 trail shoes which fit me quite snugly. The Cheviots in a size 8 have plenty of room for me and I would say they are a generous size 8.
I got a pair of more mile socks and a long sleeved 'fleece' (microfleece?) and used the 10% discount code so the whole lot came to around 32 quid. The socks are good quality and I was well chuffed with the top - I thought it would be rubbish but it is very good. I wore the fleece and the shoes to a cyclocross race on sunday and while it wasn't very muddy I could feel the shoes stick to slippy wet grass slopes like shit to a blanket.
Looking forward to getting up into the Campsie Fells on Saturday morning to try them out proper. Hope this review helps - I wouldn't hesitate in recommending them and have no affiliation to the company or the shop that sell them.
oh, and the fleece is excellent as well. Very thin and lightweight but I wore it without a base layer on Sunday when the temperature was in single figures and I didn't notice feeling either too hot or cold which I guess is perfect, right? It is also very comfortable against the skin, didn't make me sweat and seems to have good quality stitching and reflective trim as well.
I'm definitely a convert to More Mile gear now - think i'll try their cycling clothing as well - can't go wrong with a cycling jersey for a tenner
I'm fairly certain I stood next to someone wearing these shoes at the start of one of the races I did at the weekend. They looked much more 'felly' than I thought :thumbup:
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Has anyone used these, and Roclite 295s, and can give a rough comparison? Size/fitting etc.
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