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Oct 2008
8:00pm, 5 Oct 2008
1,189 posts
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Norrin Radd
just saw your post Jacobi , thanks
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Oct 2008
8:05pm, 5 Oct 2008
40,518 posts
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Hanneke
Hey NR  Long time no see, how are you?
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Oct 2008
8:06pm, 5 Oct 2008
40,519 posts
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Hanneke
I race XC on my fell shoes... mind you, the courses around here are very fell like, so it suits
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Oct 2008
8:12pm, 5 Oct 2008
1,190 posts
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Norrin Radd
Hi Hann
am good thanks
hows yourself?
spikes are for my son. He'll end up using them on the track next season aswell probably
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Oct 2008
8:21pm, 5 Oct 2008
3,033 posts
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Kieren
quimby, as Jacobi says - it's all about the grip.
There are some hills you just don't stand much of a chance getting up or down safely without spikes in some courses.
On others your feet will slip about in mud even with spikes - I can't imagine what it would be like with out them.
I had walshes which I wore for one race, then bought some spikes and never looked back - they just give me so much confidence on descents and corners
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Oct 2008
8:25pm, 5 Oct 2008
928 posts
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quimby
I may well have a trip to the running shop next weekend and kit myself out for the rest of the season. I love descents, but having even more confidence of not slipping would be great - I can overtake even more people.
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Oct 2008
8:43pm, 5 Oct 2008
40,520 posts
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Hanneke
I tested my new Inov8 X-talon fell racing shoes to the extreme today. They are advertised as ideal for x-country as well as short fell races... Well, they provided absoletly excellent grip on all but deep mud, over which they float, as opposed to the Mudclaw 270s, which actually grip into it. I'd definitely recommend them as a x-country racing shoe, but... that is on our type of terrain...
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Oct 2008
8:54pm, 5 Oct 2008
865 posts
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The_Saint
One thing I saw at the Cardiff X-Challenge in January interested me. some of the boys were using football boots which struck me as odd until I thought about it a bit - at that age if they are playing football anyway they are going to get a lot more wear for their parent's money.
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Oct 2008
9:20pm, 5 Oct 2008
1,369 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
Doing 6 XC this year. Guy in our club cajoles us into them. Good man! Should I try and use my middle distance track shoes with 15mm spikes or my Inov-8 mudclaws, with nice deep grip, but not as grippy as 15mm spikes? Any advice gratefully received!
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Oct 2008
9:26pm, 5 Oct 2008
40,531 posts
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Hanneke
I would use the Claws Happy, but then again, I have never used spikes so no idea what they would be like... and around us we get quite a bit of rocky stuff thrown in, so I none of us wear spikes...
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