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Derby Tup Oct 2020 9:35am, 31 Oct 2020 47,480 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup These are the best longish distance ‘fell lite’ shoes I’ve had by miles. Wide in the toe-box mind; definitely not like a racing fit sportsshoes.com
K5 Gus Oct 2020 9:43am, 31 Oct 2020 4,121 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus Yep, love them ( well the previous incarnation the X-Claw 275, on my 2nd pair of them )
Northern Exile Oct 2020 10:09am, 31 Oct 2020 6,987 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Me too. I got through four pairs of X-Claw 275s and I'm also on my second pair of 260 Ultras. Great shoes, I think I have clocked over 500 miles on the first pair of 260s and the uppers are still intact, they're just coming apart here and there around the welt. It was always the uppers that went on the X-Claw, the 260 Ultras have that really good DWR upper. My only criticism of them is that perhaps they don't hold your foot firmly enough in place on very steep descents, the one bad experience I had with them was when we did the CT on a red hot day, I ended up with blisters across the end of my toes.
flanker Oct 2020 1:24pm, 31 Oct 2020 19,520 posts	Quote Pin flanker I've got a pair of 260s I'm about to stick on eBay if anyone is interested, UK10s, with 90 miles on them. The uppers seem far more robust than the x-claws and the soles are the same, but they seem to size bigger than the x-claws, and my feet move around in them too much so I'm going to try a smaller size.
Rosehip Oct 2020 7:48pm, 31 Oct 2020 18,404 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I would have said half a size bigger, flanker - I'm keeping the pair I have to wear Sealskins with for the really horrid wet gooey stuff and am going to get a pair a half size smaller as well for just general mud etc- because I do love them!
Derby Tup Oct 2020 7:49pm, 31 Oct 2020 47,481 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup I wear my (normal Inov-8 size for me) 10.5’s with thick socks but agree my feet do shuffle about in them a bit especially either downhill but more so contouring
K5 Gus Oct 2020 7:53pm, 31 Oct 2020 4,122 posts	Quote Pin K5 Gus I think the issue is the insole, the one in the 260 is thinner than the one in the X-Claw, I'd imagine the shoe itself is the same size. I've put a thicker insole in my new, as yet unworn, 260's and they feel ok in the house - proof of the pudding soon............
Northern Exile Oct 2020 8:44pm, 31 Oct 2020 6,988 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile True. The insole on the X-Claw was quite thick and absorbent.
flanker Nov 2020 2:53am, 1 Nov 2020 19,523 posts	Quote Pin flanker They feel longer too, I've got too much space at the end. Will see, ordered 9.5s tonight...
rf_fozzy Nov 2020 4:08pm, 1 Nov 2020 12,071 posts	Quote Pin rf_fozzy Selected highlights of various Woodentops races this morning from Penistone Hill. Went Left from the Top Withins trig along the other path (not the ALS descent path) towards Crow Hill along the watershed. Unfortuantely the little path peters out past the craggy boulders (OS tells me they're called Alcomden Stones) and it's a bit of a heathery/boggy slog to Crow Hill from there. Maybe better in the summer. We then dropped E off crow hill down to the track before cutting back across for a loop of Ponden Clough - we missed the splash line back up to the Pennine Way though. Good morning out, even a bit breezy in places.