[sidewinder]

Yeah - though since when has a bouldering mat not been climbing equipment eh! *shakes fist*

Sorry this had a glitch should be working properly now.

I think this means you will probably be able to get your cheap(er) bouldering mat now, though I think the shoes  are still off limits.

[Nibile]

Hornets £65 from the Depot

50 quid in selected sizes: http://www.rockrun.com/products/Five-Ten-Hornet.html

Look in the mirror and repeat "Lorenzo, you do not need another pair of climbing shoes..."

[lagerstarfish]

Nibs: no shoes, no matter how cheap, are going to help with increasing front lever times

[Nibile]

Nibs: no shoes, no matter how cheap, are going to help with increasing front lever times

True dat, but I am positive that I'd be extremely sexy in Hornets. 

[weakdave]

Not just cheap shoes..... Rock+Run are doing 15% off everything on thier site until Monday at 9am. The code is on their facebook page (I am not computer literate enough to link it... sorry)

[Fultonius]

[weakdave]

Thanks!

[weakdave]

Boulders are doing Talons for 65sheets!

http://bouldersuk.com/index.php/climbing-shoes/evolv-talon

[JayJ]

Climbing Works shoe sale

http://www.climbingworks.com/shop/footwear/shoe-sale/

[tommytwotone]

Rock and Run end of summer sale has a few going cheap(er), inc 5:10 Projects for 50 notes.

http://www.rockrun.com/categories/LATEST-DEALS/Rock-Shoe-Deals/

[iwasmexican]

Rock and Run end of summer sale has a few going cheap(er), inc 5:10 Projects for 50 notes.

http://www.rockrun.com/categories/LATEST-DEALS/Rock-Shoe-Deals/

can anyone give me a comparison of the projects and the teams? have got the teams at the moment and i love them, but they are wearing thin and with those at only £50....

[Richie Crouch]

Projects are way softer than teams and have a heel that is too shallow, so it peels off even when fitted super tight. For me at least!

[iwasmexican]

Projects are way softer than teams and have a heel that is too shallow, so it peels off even when fitted super tight. For me at least!

hmmm the heel is that best bit of the teams, will think about it then...


edit: sizing wise are they basically the same though?

[Duma]

they're made by 5.10 - this should tell you the answer

[tommytwotone]

they're made by 5.10 - this should tell you the answer

I always remember Dave's "you're lucky if you get a left and a right shoe in the box" quote when it comes to buying 5:10s...I've got 6 pairs of varying models and stages of wear and if I remember rightly they're all different sizes!

[tomtom]

Hmm... maybe the Addidas take over has had a positive impact, as last set of velcros I bought (couple of months ago) seemed far less random in sizing (as in I tried a couple the same size, and they seemed the same - and the size larger and size smaller were (unbelievably) larger and smaller!)...

[Richie Crouch]

As others have said it can be a lottery! I have a pair a full size down and another a half size down from my teams. (bought the 2nd pair as they were on sale for cheap and figured I'd use them in font as the first pair worked well there).

[TobyD]

Reduced 5.10 approach, biking and pub shoes here:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Brands.aspx?BrandID=247

[standard]

https://twitter.com/rockandrun/status/268679263950090240

edit: does not appear to get 20% off. it's removing 11% (ish) on the 5.10's i tried.
edit2: ah, 20% off RRP. Some shoes already have an RRP discount, so this bumps it to 20%.

[stevej]

Bananafingers shoes are always on good deals. They're already at a fair old discount but you can get an extra 10% off your order, discounted or not, with referrer codes that people keep spamming on UKC and elsewhere. Typically works out at ~25-30% off RRP on 5.10s. Blancos are £85.50, velcros and greens for £81, the real bargains are LVs at £75 for the small-heeled amongst us or arrowheads (most sizes) for £64(!!)

Just bought some shoes from them, I assume they'll eventually give me a code to spam to the world at some stage (as far as I can gather, get enough people to use it and you get a personal 25% off code, that's the incentive). Not totally convinced by this logic, I assumed it was BF spamming the shit out of UKC themselves when I first saw them and sort of avoided it by principle, really don't agree with deals like this that encourage spam but hey ho, cheap shoes. I've not been given one (yet) but there are various valid ones here (scroll right to the bottom for the still-valid ones)

Fwiw, I hear they're pretty good with size-swapping

[Styx]

Fwiw, I hear they're pretty good with size-swapping

From personal experience, their customer service is top notch. I've exchanged a few pairs of shoes/items of clothing and the new ones always came back super quick.

[Will Hunt]

Word.
Any size 39.5 Katana velcros around at the moment? When we were in Italy they were unbelievably cheap. Should have stocked up 

[cha1n]

I know one of the owners of BananaFingers and spoke to him about the discount code situation. Apparently, after posting some legit discount codes on facebook, etc, people started asking for like 10% ones in return for giving BF their business. They then started posting them on here and UKC, etc, for all to use. He's certainly not spamming himself and not offering incentives for getting people to spam codes. I just think that if at the time when someone tries to use the code (whether it's expired or not), if it's cost beneficial to honour it so that they get the business then they do so.

I think you should supply some evidence before spouting stuff like this.

[stevej]

I think you should supply some evidence before spouting stuff like this.

I didn't say that. What I said is that the result is 'people keep spamming them on UKC' which is true; every week I see another thread appear and be deleted by the mods (and I'm nowhere near a F5-hitting UKC reader)

They are referrer link codes and there is incentive for individuals to spread them far and wide, people aren't sharing through the goodness of their hearts (since there are so many knocking around they're easy to find). Here's a copy of the email they just sent me:

All you have to do is share the link below with your friends on Facebook, Twitter or by email and they will get 10% off for their first order. In return, you'll get a reward voucher depending on the number of orders placed by your friends.

If your friends order:     You receive a reward coupon of:
1 or more times     10% Off
3 or more times     15% Off
6 or more times     20% Off

Here's mine Feel free to use it so I can get more cheap shoes< and here we have the crux of it. Despite all this I've gone and fucking posted it to greedily try and get 20% off my next order. However you sugar-coat that, it's spammy. The pretty short time limit on individuals voucher codes means that if you want six people to use it, you're going to have to bung it on facebook, stick it on twitter, and more likely, share it with hundreds of people you don't know via UKB/C/outdoorswhateverforums. The twist to it all is that everyone can keep telling themselves that it's mutually beneficial advertising that helps people get cheap shoes, and BF to sell more stuff.

To get back on track, the previous best place to get katanas from was gooutdoors with a 10% off price match of someone cheaper. Might be worth adding katanas to basket on bananafingers at £99, going through to checkout, applying discount, then printing off and taking to gooutdoors and see if they'll pricematch the reduced price, minus another 10%.

[Wood FT]

I think you should supply some evidence before spouting stuff like this.

(and I'm nowhere near a F5-hitting UKC reader)

I didnt know what that meant so just tried it, mind = blown