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The vaporfly thread

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Nov 2018
10:08pm, 29 Nov 2018
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Windsor Wool
Interesting JDA, I guess they were a bit cheaper than the VP. My training partner just got some of those (the new ZF) and she reckons they feel almost as fast as the VP.

I would have got some the other day with that discount code but the other small people of the world had beaten me to them.
Nov 2018
10:12pm, 29 Nov 2018
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Windsor Wool
And thanks for the reminder of the detail Gus.

There is a VP lovers group on FB. Blimey, some of the stuff on there is scary. One guy with 12 pairs in his cupboard 😮.
Nov 2018
10:20pm, 29 Nov 2018
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K5 Gus
As a non-Vaporfly person, why does the name get shortened to VP and not VF or V4 or something ?
Nov 2018
10:34pm, 29 Nov 2018
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Windsor Wool
Omg. Should surely be VF, repeated user error!!
Nov 2018
10:41pm, 29 Nov 2018
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K5 Gus
Phew, thought I was missing something obvious, glad it was just you having a brain-fart :-)
Dec 2018
7:35pm, 2 Dec 2018
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Windsor Wool
JDA, I had to step in a few puddles to make sure that I broke 30 at my 5 miler this morning!

The course was really twisty and turny at times and TBH the VFs are really crap in corners....
Dec 2018
8:12pm, 2 Dec 2018
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jdarun
Mine are safely back in the box (and at the back of the cupboard) for a few more weeks, will think about christening them at the end of the month but only if the weather's decent :-)
Dec 2018
8:22am, 6 Dec 2018
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K5 Gus
They're back in stock (still crimson not the dark blue that was supposed to be coming ) if anyone feels like splurging £210 on a new pair of gutties
Dec 2018
10:00am, 6 Dec 2018
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jdarun
Sold out already in all sizes above 10s! Not that I was looking for a(nother) pair. Yet :-) Anyway that now suggest the supply is going to ramp up a bit so there may not be such long droughts in future.

WW, have you actually done enough races with/without the VF to judge what they are worth to you (and in that case, what is your alternative shoe)?
Dec 2018
11:46am, 6 Dec 2018
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Windsor Wool
There was so much panic in Berkshire this morning. I ended up having to buy a pair for a friend who lost the plot in the process. Size 12s, 5 sizes too big for me so he is safe that they will still be boxfresh when he picks them up!

The prob I have JDA is that since I have had them I have only ever raced in them so I can’t really compare. I suppose I could go back to Adidas for some races and compare but that doesn’t sound much fun.

Agree that supply seems to be loosening up a little.

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