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they'll feel less stiff around the top of the toe, a feature I've always liked about the whites and I know at least one other UKB users likes as well...
Got my hands (but not my feet) on a pair of new pinks this weekend and heard it from the horses mouth that they will be replacing both the whites and greens from early next year.They are indeed less pointy than whites or greens but I was surprised by the lateral stiffness of the toe area- obviously I was only trying to bend it with my hands but it felt stiffer than whites. The Five Ten rep told me that for the first time the rands are going to be the same rubber as the sole (C4) so they'll feel less stiff around the top of the toe, a feature I've always liked about the whites and I know at least one other UKB users likes as well...
The Five Ten rep told me that for the first time the rands are going to be the same rubber as the sole (C4) so they'll feel less stiff around the top of the toe, a feature I've always liked about the whites and I know at least one other UKB users likes as well...
Any idea from memory if the heel cups were similar / same as the Whites or whether they have gone for a lower volume model, similar to say the Quantums?
Quote from: John Gillott on October 15, 2013, 11:23:44 amAny idea from memory if the heel cups were similar / same as the Whites or whether they have gone for a lower volume model, similar to say the Quantums? low volume, don't look anything like the whites' arse end, they look like the same heel as on a tenaya masai
Quote from: Drew on October 10, 2013, 11:46:51 pmOn a related note, the Instinct Lace Up which was mentioned earlier is discontinued, so don't even try it unless you want to love a shoe which is disappearingYou've got to be kidding! I'm on my fourth pair - best shoe ever for me.
On a related note, the Instinct Lace Up which was mentioned earlier is discontinued, so don't even try it unless you want to love a shoe which is disappearing
Where's 'here'? Some online European stores do Scarpas mail order, Barabbas is one I think.For a stiff limestone shoe the Mago is great...but Andy wanted something for sandstone, and a little flexion would be better I think (as someone who grew up climbing at in Pex hill
Quote from: cheque on October 15, 2013, 01:43:18 amThey are indeed less pointy than whites or greens but I was surprised by the lateral stiffness of the toe area- obviously I was only trying to bend it with my hands but it felt stiffer than whites. Worth noting that new whites are much stiffer than well-worn whites. I compared my old whites to the new pink prototypes ... both fairly bendy. The new whites I then obtained were far stiffer.
They are indeed less pointy than whites or greens but I was surprised by the lateral stiffness of the toe area- obviously I was only trying to bend it with my hands but it felt stiffer than whites.
Quote from: Fultonius on October 16, 2013, 04:09:53 pmThe strenuous stemming was making my feet squirm inside my shoes!Is that not primarily a tightness/ "fit" issue?
The strenuous stemming was making my feet squirm inside my shoes!
I'm beginning to wonder what I've started.
Quote from: habrich on October 16, 2013, 05:51:25 pmQuote from: Fultonius on October 16, 2013, 04:09:53 pmThe strenuous stemming was making my feet squirm inside my shoes!Is that not primarily a tightness/ "fit" issue? Sounds like precisely the issue I have with Katana Laces. My feet just don't feel secure in them, whereas they do in Miuras. And sure enough, when I measure them the Katana Laces are 5mm wider than the same size Miuras.
Quite possibly/probably. It does seem that I have a more scarpa shaped foot and loads of folk love the whites so it's probably just me...
No one i know ever said that whites fit well