Just what Five Ten needs. Another soft shoe.
I think everyone's overlooking the important factor here - they're going to look fucking AMAZING with jeans, and can you say that about Verdes? Blancos? (Rests case)
Quote from: tommytwotone on July 16, 2013, 06:27:20 pmI think everyone's overlooking the important factor here - they're going to look fucking AMAZING with jeans, and can you say that about Verdes? Blancos? (Rests case)But no-one will see yours 3T when they're stuffed deep in all those grim cracks you're climbing at the moment
Adidas marketeers at work. Too obvious!
they're shooting themselves in the foot
Quote they're shooting themselves in the foot Boom boom!
(Try making a shoe that lasts 5 minutes and you might tempt back all those of us who switched to Scarpa )
I wear a 6.5 VCS and a 6.5 Pink. I think I'm roughly the same fit in each but maybe if I think about it the pink is a tiny bit more relaxed. But that seems to be ok for me as I can crank the laces a little if needed. I wore these on doing Captain Invincible recently and also on a limestone sport trip and it performed well on both. The only thing I definitely wouldn't be using it for is something like slate edging or really hard vert limestone. In terms of trad, I put these in my bag now every time over a pair of VCS.
The only thing I definitely wouldn't be using it for is something like slate edging or really hard vert limestone.
Verdes have been my go to shoe for trad ever since they came out. Are the pinks stiffer? Not as stiff or aggressive in the heel as whites i assume?
I'd take T-rocks and Whites on slate if I'm at my limit. Maybe it's the distinction of how far you push the boot? If I were on mid grades on slate, then yeah I'd still be all over the pinks.
casting a rosy light over whites will make them look pink, innit
Quote from: Tommy on March 11, 2014, 11:07:21 pmI'd take T-rocks and Whites on slate if I'm at my limit. Maybe it's the distinction of how far you push the boot? If I were on mid grades on slate, then yeah I'd still be all over the pinks.Good effort defending them but the fact is that the fuckers have taken that choice away.For a hardcore of Tor, Cove and Slate climbers the Whites (and to a lesser extent T Rocks) are the weapons of choice at the limit. I understand that the sales are limited but they are pissing all over an influential minority. This coupled with the culling of Ryan Pasquill and others out of the team this is shouting out we don't care what climbers who are passionate about the product care. Even if they only break even on the Whites seeing them photographed and worn on the hardest routes has to have a value that casts a rosy light over the rest of the range.
The rubber is very good. Coming from the Evolv shaman.
What are the best edging shoes now? Ive tried Miuras...
I'd even go so far as to say they are about .5 a size bigger than equivalent whites?? Maybe the heel has thicker rubber than the whites or 5.10 sizing is still dodge. But this may be to do with the lower volume toe. My toe knuckles are defo further from the front of the shoe and when I stand them up next to each other my pinks are a bit longer?Maybe going .5 a size down would create white effect (+ heinous pain till they stretched)??
My last pair of whites have nearly had it.