Fake Salomon Shoes

[Baaisikilist]

Salomons are modern day Velskoene. The Dutchies LOVE them...!!!

[gongmech]

  On 7/18/2016 at 6:10 AM, Hennie said:

I did a few trailruns with Genuine Speedcross. Worst trailrun shoe ever. In fact I had XT wings, S-Lab and XT hawke. With all my feet hurt like hell afterwards.

 

Personally I think Salomon shoes in general are overpriced and in general below average on performance

 

Switched to new balance trail shoes (also my road shoes) and never looked back

 

 And yet Ryan Sands won quite a few short distance races in Salomons ....  

[TheJ]

  On 7/18/2016 at 7:57 PM, gongmech said:

 And yet Ryan Sands won quite a few short distance races in Salomons ....  

 

He is a sponsored athlete. I'd run in pink Hello Kitty slippers if I were paid to.

[Rocket-Boy]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:02 PM, TheJ said:

He is a sponsored athlete. I'd run in pink Hello Kitty slippers if I were paid to.

Never run in them before but that comment is spot on. Sponsored athletes will use whatever they are paid to use.

[Malpiet]

  On 7/18/2016 at 7:59 AM, Keegan1 said:

Im 99% sure my insole is grey and I bought my pair at Due South..... Suspect lol

genuine fakes perhaps?

 

Both my pairs are blue inside

[the nerd]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:06 PM, Rocket-Boy said:

Never run in them before but that comment is spot on. Sponsored athletes will use whatever they are paid to use.

 

Yes and no, 

 

He is also the athlete who stopped using a long time sponsors product cos it wasn't working for him anymore, so I don't think he'll use inferior quality products.... 

[Shebeen]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:23 PM, the nerd said:

Yes and no,

 

He is also the athlete who stopped using a long time sponsors product cos it wasn't working for him anymore, so I don't think he'll use inferior quality products....

you referring to the ionic silicone recovery bangles he used to punt?

[the nerd]

  On 7/18/2016 at 10:25 PM, lets make MTB gr8 again said:

you referring to the ionic silicone recovery bangles he used to punt?

Nope. His official nutrition supplier for pretty much half his career..

[ChUkKy]

  On 7/18/2016 at 2:28 AM, intern said:

Nothing's sacred these days. Fake teeth, fake boobs, fake tan, fake faces and now...fake Salomons.

 

I have no issue with fake boobs, they still taste the same

[Edge_Design]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:06 PM, Rocket-Boy said:

Never run in them before but that comment is spot on. Sponsored athletes will use whatever they are paid to use.

 

But given how much emphasis we all put on the importance of good shoes (why else would you pay R2k+ for them?) this has to mean they work or he would be permanently injured. The only alternative conclusion is that shoes actually make no difference and we're all wasting our money (highly likely to be true I guess).

 

Even if they are identical to Salomon's (could even come from the same factory for all I know), I would not buy the copies/fakes on principle. I am on my 2nd pair of Salomon's now (neither were Speedcross as the size of the tread never made sense to me). I had an issue with my first pair and Salomon swapped them out straight away which was very unexpected from a shoe supplier, but got them a loyal supporter. 

[Kranswurm]

  On 7/19/2016 at 6:18 AM, Edge_Design said:

But given how much emphasis we all put on the importance of good shoes (why else would you pay R2k+ for them?) this has to mean they work or he would be permanently injured. The only alternative conclusion is that shoes actually make no difference and we're all wasting our money (highly likely to be true I guess).

 

Even if they are identical to Salomon's (could even come from the same factory for all I know), I would not buy the copies/fakes on principle. I am on my 2nd pair of Salomon's now (neither were Speedcross as the size of the tread never made sense to me). I had an issue with my first pair and Salomon swapped them out straight away which was very unexpected from a shoe supplier, but got them a loyal supporter. 

If I still ran in Newlands forest I would def have gone for those Speedcross shoes.Look like the nobblies on my mtb :-)

[OneLove]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:17 PM, Malpiet said:

genuine fakes perhaps?

 

Both my pairs are blue inside

You never know ne.... fakes could infiltrate the big stores..

Would be a solid pair of fakes though lasting 3 years and it looks good.

[OneLove]

Dont any of you find these shoes extra hot?.... waterproof and solid like no other but i cant do a long run in these as they burn my feet up.

 

I dont think these are meant for SA maybe perfect running shoe in snowy areas.

 

I wear them more when i go camping etc I call them salamon braaimasters.

[Fisan]

This Spanish guy, who has more knowledge on trail shoes and equipment than the Hub combined, reviewed the counterfeit (or false by Google Translate's terms) shoes:

 

https://translate.google.co.za/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.trailrunningreview.com/es/Salomon-Originales-vs-Falsas/a/126.html&prev=search

 

Key points:

• Excessive wear and tear on the fake shoes within the first 200km
• Poor shock absorption, especially for heel strikers (relating to my point on LT Muscle technology @TheJ)
• "Quicklace"-clip losing grip - have to keep the foot secure by tying a knot in the quicklaces!
• Waterproof at first due to a after-coating, which quickly deteriorates with increasing km's
• After 200km the reviewer reported the shoe as "running torture" (whereas the genuine ones were still good)

But the best part was the concluding remark:

 

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While you can run with them, just as we can run with flip-flops or high heels they are not the most functional of the world. We assume that anyone with half a brain will invest a penny in a (good shoes) if what you want is running with it. There will be those who buy them for aesthetic reasons and not to run in, but to these people I invite you to reflect the effort they (Salomon) put in designing products, materials research and (compare) these models on the market before buying an imitation.

 

 

[Breezer]

  On 7/18/2016 at 8:23 PM, the nerd said:

Yes and no, 

 

He is also the athlete who stopped using a long time sponsors product cos it wasn't working for him anymore, so I don't think he'll use inferior quality products.... 

Yes, but he can also get a new pair every 100km. Problem I have with Salomon is that they do not last very long. Maybe I had fakes, but I won't spent my money on trails shoes made for running to the mall again.

[RABUBI]

  On 7/19/2016 at 6:57 AM, Keegan1 said:

Dont any of you find these shoes extra hot?.... waterproof and solid like no other but i cant do a long run in these as they burn my feet up.

 

I dont think these are meant for SA maybe perfect running shoe in snowy areas.

 

I wear them more when i go camping etc I call them salamon braaimasters.

If you read on the sides of the Speedcross, it says M&S. as far as I know it means mud and snow, and that the shoe is meant for European conditions running in mud and snow "A light, fast, and aggressive trail running shoe with GORE-TEX® for racing or high speed training in wet or cold conditions."

 

So yes, I only wear them in the winter, too hot for summer