[mark20]

I take 7.5 in old whites, 7.5 in pinks (they're not as tight as the whites but the 7s are too tight) and 8 in new whites
Seem to be selling out now but Rock and Run still have some for sale

[shark]

Whites £55 at Rock & Run in all sizes 

https://rockrun.com/products/five-ten-anasazi-blanco

[galpinos]

I went one size larger. Right foot feels good but might have been able to go tighter, left I have no idea as my foot is the size of as balloon due to an insect bit.

[weakdave]

5.10 rogues for £35 at Rock n run, if that's any good to people.

https://rockrun.com/products/five-ten-rogue-vcs

[neilslim]

5.10 rogues for £35 at Rock n run, if that's any good to people.

https://rockrun.com/products/five-ten-rogue-vcs

And you can use this to get them for even less with gooutdoors price match.

[TobyD]

Has anyone tried verdon VCS? Very stiff? How does fit compare to anasazi/ quantum/ dragon? Found a pair second hand but can't try em out anywhere I can get to easily.

[shark]

Has anyone tried verdon VCS? Very stiff? How does fit compare to anasazi/ quantum/ dragon? Found a pair second hand but can't try em out anywhere I can get to easily.

Wasn’t aware of these but just had a look at the blurb which says they were designed for edging in mind which is fucking bizarre as the Verdon lace ups were designed with a toe profile that made them good in pockets hence the name - Verdon - which also makes then not good at all at edging - especially outside edging in my experience.

This begs the question whether the VCR’s are still a pocket specialist shoe or not and if not why not give them a different name*

Another example of Adicrap?

*Vivian tm

[TobyD]

Hmm, thanks Simon... I bought a pair anyway, curious to find out if they're any good

[Paul B]

Wasn’t aware of these but just had a look at the blurb which says they were designed for edging in mind which is fucking bizarre as the Verdon lace ups were designed with a toe profile that made them good in pockets hence the name - Verdon - which also makes then not good at all at edging - especially outside edging in my experience.

Did you try any (lace-ups)? I found the toe-profile (mainly the knuckle) to be less good in pockets than the Whites. The cynic in me thinks that a lot of 'athletes' were visiting the Verdon that year and it made a good name for a new shoe.

My Verdons are now very rounded but still very stiff.

[shark]

Yes I bought a pair of Verdon lace ups for high tor as I found the Whites were noticeably poor when following Supersonic. The Verdons seemed to work much better on other pocketed routes there

[SamT]

Just a quick heads up for Llanberis Resoles.. Just had a couple of pairs of old red/white lace instincts and they've come back looking like new. 

Torquil really does do an incredible job on them.

Had one pair done in XS Grip, my older comfy ones which I'll use on the grit, and the others done in XS edge for the lime.  Will see how they go but if they're as good as his last ones, should see me for another couple of years. 

[petejh]

Yeah Torquil does a great job - I've had a pair of blancos resoled twice by him, think they've been around ten years now as good all-round tradding shoes!

[galpinos]

Yeah Torquil does a great job - I've had a pair of blancos resoled twice by him, think they've been around ten years now as good all-round tradding shoes!

Is he back doing Stealth resoles?

[SamT]

Not according to the website..

http://www.llanberisresoles.com/pages/faq.html#rubber

[galpinos]

Not according to the website..

http://www.llanberisresoles.com/pages/faq.html#rubber

Bugger, apart from my OCDesque nature it wanting a like for like replacement, do I resole pinks is Edge or Grip?

[danm]

I'm a similar build to you, I use Edge for limestone and general trad/mountain routes and Grip2 for grit and sandstone. So depends on what you mainly use your pinks for? Edge is my default though, and I use Scarpa VS for almost everything as they fit me so well.

[spidermonkey09]

If you want Stealth Cheshire Shoe Repairs have it and do a good job in my experience.

[shark]

Feet First still have stealth in stock but when it’s gone it’s gone unless five ten / adicrap change their mind

[petejh]

Yeah Torquil does a great job - I've had a pair of blancos resoled twice by him, think they've been around ten years now as good all-round tradding shoes!

Is he back doing Stealth resoles?

Nope. Had them done in edge and they perform well.

[weakdave]

Scarpa vapour lace are £88 in v12, so if you wanted to you could get them for £80 from GoOutdoors.

GoOutdoors also have 5.10 blancos at £70, in most sizes

[crzylgs]

I'm in desperate need of some new shoes before going to Font in a couple weeks. I've been keeping an eye out for any deals for months now but either haven't seen anything in the correct size or miss out on a couple of goodies posted here by a few hours.

I think La Sportiva Solutions are the one (have tried some on but not climbed in them) in either EU40 / 40.5. I tend to have slightly more narrow feet than some and am looking for a fairly aggressive shoe.

If anyone knew of any deals for anything like this I'd love to know about them. Or even some of the similar shoes in La Sportiva's range.

Failing that although it pains me to pay full price I'll pony up for some from my local wall.

Cheers all!

[Nutty]

If it's the new Solutions, you'll struggle to find them 'cheap' as the new model has only recently come out. You might find stock of the old model going cheap, but might struggle to find them in your size.

The best I've seen the new Solutions for is £107.99 from urban rock (https://www.urbanrock.com/la-sportiva-solution-2018/) .They have the 40 in stock.

[crzylgs]

Sorry - yeah i meant the older model. Keep missing any significant reductions or them being out of stock for my size. If there was a great price on anything like the Futura, Skwarma, even maybe Otaki I'd probably give it a punt as I do a mixture of routes and bouldering and haven't really decided exactly which style shoe suits me best and you know... Horses for courses.

Thanks for the link at UrbanRock - I had seen that but for around £107 I think I can get for a very similar price at a local independent shop or my local wall so would give them the trade. Only posted in case after all my Googling I had missed any crazy offers out there.

[dontfollowme]

The Miura VS are £90 at Decathlon.

[Nutty]

Thanks for the link at UrbanRock - I had seen that but for around £107 I think I can get for a very similar price at a local independent shop or my local wall so would give them the trade.

Yeah, we've recently lost the shop at our local wall - definitely worth supporting them.