Grrrr. Paid £80 from PBs .....Originally Posted by Jez Hellewell
Anyhow, what do you think of 'em Jez? I'm taking mine for their first run tomorrow.
Grrrr. Paid £80 from PBs .....
Anyhow, what do you think of 'em Jez? I'm taking mine for their first run tomorrow.
What do you expect if you buy from PB?
Well, I know. To be fair, you get much better service from PBs (and a freebie bumbag) and Jez will only have got that price (I expect) because he was in the shop and bought a couple of pairs, I know, I've done it myself.
Should have got off my ar*e and gone down there I suppose. 309s are 90 quid on the SS website, pretty much the same as PB.
Not tried them yet Martyn. Just getting the last few miles out of my 312's, but they feel great on ! Will be outing them in the next few weeks...
This^^^
I love Inov8 Roclites, but the day I have to pay RRP is the day I go elsewhere. It is getting tougher to find the bargains, though.
The 319 (older version of the 309) are currently a bargain £50 at Sportshoes, or £45 with free delivery if you use the discount code SP4P12. All sizes currently available.
I took the new 309s for a very muddy stomp around Timble, Jack Hill and Swinsty Plantation today. To be honest, they felt much the same as the 295s they're replacing, I didn't notice the extra cushion. Then again, my legs are a bit numb after a local league race last night and around 75 miles up in the lakes last week! Probably not a fair test ....
I have to say, I do like the slipper feel of walsh pb's but they are quite inflexible and have eaten my feet several times when the terrain hasn't been ideal (ie. too hard or rutted). My favourite shoe is the x-talon 212 which does everything I want in a fell shoe, but they are fairly pricey and wear down astonishingly fast. I'll still be buying another pair however when mine are done in, and I'll still continue to use walsh when appropriate till they have worn down as well. I have it in mind that the walsh would make a decent road shoe as the studs wear off.
I also have a pair of mudroc 290's (which destroy my heels), 2 pairs of Harriers (favourite distance shoe) and a pair of baregrips (love these but slow me down on rocky descents). I think after much experimentation I'll likely stick with Harriers for long distance and talons for everything else.
Seems that now the investors have had time to settle in there's been a bit of a change and they're only going to give the big retailers what they want now - mate of mine owns Mountainfeet in Marsden and he's having problems with Inov8 as they'll now only sell in bulk, in advance rather than in small quantities/to special order. As a small, specialist retailer he simply can't afford the outlay upfront or store the volume of stock they now expect the retailers to buy. Which is a shame because it was the small specialists that really got them going as a brand...
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