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Minimalist Footwear Thread

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stuart little Feb 2024 9:07am, 27 Feb 2024 2,517 posts	0 stuart little Gah, another shoe to stockpile then...
SPR Feb 2024 9:15am, 27 Feb 2024 43,741 posts	0 SPR Inov-8 have been selling off all their stock and seems to be creating new models in the near future. I missed out on some of their walking boots.
flanker Feb 2024 10:59am, 27 Feb 2024 21,166 posts	0 flanker The trail talons haven't been directly replaced; the trailflys are the closest they've got at the moment. But even they're a mess as they're selling both the old and new models alongside each other, so that something like 6 or 7 different variants. ps. still loving the new mud talon speeds as my fell/off-road race shoe!
phal Feb 2024 11:15am, 27 Feb 2024 4,667 posts	0 phal Inov8 will be bringing out their new zero drop at the end of the year - they said they’d be moving their current trailfly over to the new trailfly with a zero drop - seems silly to bring them out all at the same time especially with the popularity of the 270s currently…, so maybe a shrewd move atm.
RooA Feb 2024 3:52pm, 27 Feb 2024 2,703 posts	0 RooA I'm sure the lovely people at Inov-8 haven't actually done this as a personal attack on me... but this is the third style of shoe in a row that has either gone or been altered beyond recognition before I was in need of a second pair... three times almost within a year! 😆 Altra Escalante, Saucony Kinvara, Inov-8 Trail Talon. sigh
flanker Feb 2024 8:28pm, 27 Feb 2024 21,168 posts	0 flanker tend to get quite a few trail talons on eBay and even Vinted...
RooA Feb 2024 8:41pm, 27 Feb 2024 2,705 posts	0 RooA Yeah, I'll get another pair ASAP. Got a pair of Kinvara sitting in a box too. It's just making things expensive - I've only just bought the first pair... and eventually it won't be possible to get them. Then what?
Hills of Death (HOD) Mar 2024 5:34pm, 1 Mar 2024 37,030 posts	0 Hills of Death (HOD) Are trail Talons X Talons ?
jacdaw Mar 2024 6:44pm, 1 Mar 2024 4,310 posts	0 jacdaw No.
Tav H 11 Jan 7:14am, 11 Jan 2025 3,815 posts	0 Tav H Well, I am popping back in after too long away. I bought some Wildsole sandals a while back - made in the UK. I was loving them, then out of the blue my left ankle and arch started playing up. I'm in either Merrell Trail Glove 6 or New Balance Minimus Trail these days. I'm not sure why I ended up in trail shoes for 90% tarmac, I need to seek out some proper road shoes I think. The Merrell are perfect for me, since they took the weird decision to provide an intrusive arch in a zero-drop shoe - the latest v7 does away with the arch apparently. I also have Vapor Glove shoes, but my ankle does not like them. I've taken the decision that I'll just buy whatever I need to in order to keep running. The NB are regarded as minimalist I guess, with only a small drop, but they feel very spongy to me. I see they also brought back the mt10 which I used to love.