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5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 09:09:11 am
Heard from the TCA shop that the Dragon is being discontinued. Makes sense with the popularity of the Hiangle. Does anyone know if this is true?

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#1 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 09:55:27 am
Yes, I've heard this elsewhere.

Apparently there is a new version of the dragons on the way but there will no doubt be the usual gap of a year or two where neither version is available.

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#2 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 11:21:54 am
Interesting, didn't know that. It will be interesting to see how much they change the design vs. the amount they'll inevitably go up in price.

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#3 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 11:57:25 am
It seems to be the 5.10 way, they discontinue a shoe, 'improve it', and then it returns at an inflated price point with dubious imrpovements. What they seem to miss, is that during the outage, people try other brands and find they really quite like them.

I believe there are two versions (Velcro / lace) returning.

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#4 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 01:17:14 pm
Makes sense...

No, nothing five ten does makes any kind of sense

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#5 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 04, 2017, 01:26:27 pm
Ha! Very true.

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#6 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 06, 2017, 09:13:12 pm
i heard Adidas were stopping making 5.10 altogether

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#7 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 09, 2017, 08:35:24 pm
I heard the Dragon was being dropped, then a velcro one would replace it in the near future.

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#8 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 09, 2017, 10:36:46 pm
I heard the Dragon was being dropped, then a velcro one would replace it in the near future.

Thought a Velcro dragon was a Team.

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#9 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 10, 2017, 09:38:57 am
Team is softer, 1mm thinner sole.

Wonder if the discontinuing could be as a result of change they made to the rand a year or so ago (when switching to the red 5.10 logo on the tongue) where I think they used less rubber which I think makes them lose their shape faster. Several people I know prefered the older black and white logo version.

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#10 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 14, 2017, 02:44:25 pm
New Dragon prototypes?


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#11 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 14, 2017, 03:02:26 pm
That shoe looks like a Dragon but is an Evolve.

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#12 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
December 14, 2017, 03:20:24 pm
So it is. For some reason I though she's switched to 5.10.

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#13 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
January 21, 2018, 05:45:44 am
I guess they must be going to get rid of them soon...... Just been on Five Ten website and the Dragon are no longer on there (not that I can see, anyway)!

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#14 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
January 21, 2018, 01:22:12 pm
No sign of the new anasazi vcs (with the toe rubber patch) either??

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#15 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 10:06:00 am



For those interested, a friend just sent me this. Apparently they'll be available Spring 2019.

The change the colour theory seems to have been correct...
« Last Edit: June 18, 2018, 10:12:05 am by jshaw »

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#16 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 10:12:16 am
Hmm. They could have at least attempted to keep something of the classic look they had.

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#17 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 10:30:36 am
They never fitted me anyway, but that heel looks completely different to me.

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#18 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 11:02:59 am
FFS

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#19 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 11:29:19 am
I think these were designed by Fred, and the last shoe he designed was the Jet7 so I’m holding some hope.

Looks like it might say Adidas on the red heel tab too?

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#20 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 11:32:53 am
Quote from: teestub link=topic=28542.msg567556#msg567556 date=1529317759

Looks like it might say Adidas on the red heel tab too?
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Definitely

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#21 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 11:33:13 am

Quote from: teestub link=topic=28542.msg567556#msg567556 date=1529317759

Looks like it might say Adidas on the red heel tab too?
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Definitely

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#22 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 11:43:59 am
I'm on my third pair now, and really don't like my most recent pair - I'm not totally sure but the toe box geometry seems different to the previous versions and I'm not a "front on" as they used to be. I don't seem to be able to get as much force directly down the big toe as my old ones.


Hope the new improved Dragons so back to the way they were in this respect.

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#23 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 12:03:40 pm
The newest iterations, whilst looking cosmetically similar, have a lot softer midsole and (I think) thinner rubber than the older models, which has lead to a distinct loss of big toe power.

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#24 Re: 5.10 Dragon discontinued?
June 18, 2018, 02:06:30 pm
Aha, probably explains it - it feels like they're bending my feel a bit more so they're more "grabby", but not as confidence-inspiring when you're rocking over on a crucial pebble or screw-on.


I'll clearly end up getting a pair of the new ones, purely as they'll look sick with a pair of bleached out denim jeans.

 

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