Quote Originally Posted by Ally View Post
In fairness, £140 is pretty standard for shoes now. Salomon have had shoes at that price for years and it's in line with many of inov-8's other models. I'd expected them to be much more expensive.
RRP is also fairly standard compared to most road shoes at the moment (though we live in an age of discounting & I’m hard pushed to find any runner who pays over £100 for any shoes).

The grip thing doesn’t quite, erm, stick for me. For years, climbing shoes have looked for stickier rubber. Granted, shoes now are stickier than they were in the eighties. However, this stickiness is short lived & durability is lower on the most sticky soles.

Also, I’m yet to encounter a climbing shoe that sticks to wet rock - it’s common place in the climbing community to acknowledge that these conditions are less than ideal (& mostly wait until it’s dry). Whilst I’m not suggesting fell runners hold out for a dry day (almost entirely pointless!), good grip on wet rock is anathema - after all, stopping distance on cars/bikes etc is increased in the wet even with a winter tyre on. Learning technique is key (blah blah blah!)