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#750 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
August 01, 2019, 03:43:58 pm
Sorry about that tomtom, my son just had his order cancelled too - he's gutted... Bloody annoying as they debited his card, confirmed the order and updated him to say it was processing before deciding two days later they actually didn't have any.

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#751 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
August 01, 2019, 04:24:26 pm
No Worries Ian - sorry your sons gutted...

 I saw a pair on Amazon for 81 (in Uk8) earlier today...

Long way from £50 though!

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#752 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
August 01, 2019, 06:36:19 pm
Ha - my order went through then they’ve just refunded me as no stock.. :D
They just did the same thing to me, the buggers!

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#753 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
August 05, 2019, 04:24:37 pm
Exactly the same thing for me to. Seems suspiciously incompetent for such a big company. Would be interested to know if anyone actually got a pair for £50.

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#754 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
August 07, 2019, 03:50:57 pm
Ha - my order went through then they’ve just refunded me as no stock.. :D
They just did the same thing to me, the buggers!

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#756 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
November 29, 2019, 11:37:47 am
“Want to feel old? This is what reduced Moccasym prices look like now.”

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#757 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
November 29, 2019, 09:45:20 pm
 :agree:
I bought some Moccasyms recently, split over toes on second outing, had to bin them.

Told John in Outside who said, yes, heard of that happening to quite a few now.

Wouldn't touch them with a barge pole.

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#758 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
November 30, 2019, 12:07:54 am
You binned them rather than returning them?

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#759 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
December 24, 2019, 09:08:23 pm
Clearly not a Yorkshire man!

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#760 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 12, 2020, 11:10:07 am
So are the adidas dragons any good? they seem to be going cheap. I really wish I'd bought some old ones before they discontinued. Unparallell are the next choice obv.

Just wondered if anyone had tried them?


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#761 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 12, 2020, 11:53:09 am
I can't speak personally about the Adidas Dragons, but a friend who loved the Five Ten version (owned numerous pairs) got a pair and disliked the heel to the point of reselling them second hand and getting an Unparalleled alternative.

This could be a personal preference issue but I do see a lot of love for the Unparalleled offerings. Really need to try some on myself but I think my closest option is Outside in Hathersage? For me the Peak is a ~2hr trip so time there is always prioritised for actual climbing and not shoe shopping.

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#762 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 12, 2020, 12:33:47 pm
The Addidas heel must be bad then because the original Dragon heels are useless .

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#763 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 12, 2020, 01:27:49 pm
The Addidas heel must be bad then because the original Dragon heels are useless .

! Best heel I've had... horses (or heels) for courses I guess...

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#764 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 12, 2020, 09:34:33 pm
I can't speak personally about the Adidas Dragons, but a friend who loved the Five Ten version (owned numerous pairs) got a pair and disliked the heel to the point of reselling them second hand and getting an Unparalleled alternative.

This could be a personal preference issue but I do see a lot of love for the Unparalleled offerings. Really need to try some on myself but I think my closest option is Outside in Hathersage? For me the Peak is a ~2hr trip so time there is always prioritised for actual climbing and not shoe shopping.
The Climbing Unit at Derby has some of the Unparalleled range, might be closer, depending where you're coming from.

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#765 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 13, 2020, 10:20:57 am
Unparallel heels seem to be a return to the bad old days of the 5.10 heel space, at least on my pair.

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#766 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
January 13, 2020, 03:21:42 pm
So are the adidas dragons any good? they seem to be going cheap. I really wish I'd bought some old ones before they discontinued. Unparallell are the next choice obv.

Just wondered if anyone had tried them?

I've just got a pair, took a punt on the rock and run offer.

Main point for ordering off web; they're a lot smaller. I had ten thousand pairs of old dragons in which i was a size 8.

I sent the new ones back for a size 9 and they are still very tight. Currently wearing round the house a bit to decide.

Overall the fit feels similar, including the heel though they do seem a bit stiffer at the front, perhaps because of the rubber on the top of the foot. (I have not climbed in them yet).

Will report back.

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#768 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 22, 2020, 02:58:12 pm
So are the adidas dragons any good? they seem to be going cheap. I really wish I'd bought some old ones before they discontinued. Unparallell are the next choice obv.

Just wondered if anyone had tried them?

I've just got a pair, took a punt on the rock and run offer.

Main point for ordering off web; they're a lot smaller. I had ten thousand pairs of old dragons in which i was a size 8.

I sent the new ones back for a size 9 and they are still very tight. Currently wearing round the house a bit to decide.

Overall the fit feels similar, including the heel though they do seem a bit stiffer at the front, perhaps because of the rubber on the top of the foot. (I have not climbed in them yet).

Will report back.

Turns out the seeming stiffness was actually maybe just them being tight and they've actually softened up at an alarming rate, certainly compared to my experience of ye old Dragons anyway. Almost like the rubber on the top foot is thinner so that they sort of collapse around the topside mid foot allowing toes to flex upward more than expected for a downturn aggressive shoe.

I have only used them indoors so they might end up being fine just something different.

What I am going to do though is buy some nouveau Dragons going by the name of Sirius.

Any info on sizing for unparallel? is it the same as ye old five ten?


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#769 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 22, 2020, 03:09:45 pm
Any info on sizing for unparallel? is it the same as ye old five ten?

The Anasazi types are a size bigger in my experience- I was 8.5 in Five Tens, I’m an 8 in Unparallels.

That probably won’t help you if they’ve followed Five Ten’s crackers Dragon size labelling though- my Dragons are a 10!

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#770 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 22, 2020, 03:32:17 pm
Hmm, you being up a size and a half in old velcro v dragon just tells me you don't wear them as tight as me. My old sizing which has been consistent throughout the years

Whites, Green, Pink, Velcro =
Uk7 Raven Tor, business
7.5 Grit, Font, casual
8 All day trad

Dragon = 8
V10 = 8


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#771 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 22, 2020, 04:57:54 pm
Yeah, my Dragons could well be a total anomaly.

I’ve had loads of pairs of Anasazis in Velcro and lace up though and was always an 8.5 so you can extrapolate from that fairly reliably.

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#772 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 22, 2020, 07:08:22 pm
I've had a few responses privately from lurkers and its seems the Sirius come up 'slightly' tighter than dragons.

Mine were pretty tight already so i might go for 8.5 in Sirius.

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#773 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 25, 2020, 02:51:27 pm
It looks like virtually all the shoes on bananfingers.co.uk have had a huge reduction. I wonder if the recent crisis is hitting htem hard?
https://www.bananafingers.co.uk/category/climbing-shoes

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#774 Re: Cheap shoes thread.
April 25, 2020, 04:07:05 pm
Are they? Not the sportivas and scarpas from what I can see?

 

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