NCR: Vibram Five Finger Shoes

[Danger Dassie]

I wear moccasins, old school

[izzypzee]

There are MANY positive arguments for the minimilist shoe.

I have had my fivefingers for nearly 3 years now and they are still going strong.

I do not run in them mind. This is because my right foot over-pronates and it looks like I am trying to do the twist when running (my ankle practically touches the ground). Therefore the Inov8 shoes are better for me because they offer more support.

Also remember that you cannot put on a pair of fivefingers or inov8 and crack a 4 minute mile. You need to 'wear your feet in' so to speak. We have been wearing soft,spongy shoes all our life.

 

Drifters in Cape Quarter and Sandton City stock both brands.

[Dirtbreath]

Maybe I need to look at a pair. Nerves in my feet are destroyed from all the chemo. My feet at the best of times feel like after a days marching in army boots or skiing in boots a size too small.

 

The only shoes I can walk a few hundred metres in without an incredible ache are my Asics.

 

If these work for me, they'll work on anyone. Oh, and foot strike is interesting when you dont feel your feet.

 

Do they perhaps make a safety version for site?

[Dirtbreath]

Inov-8 smells a bit Montrailish to me.

[Weight Weenie]

Inov-8 smells a bit Montrailish to me.

 

what does that mean ?

[MtbO]

I prefer montrail to salomon...so not sure what it means either...

[Dirtbreath]

what does that mean ?

 

Looks like the Montrail product, marketing and market. Kapish?

[SwissVan]

 

A very interesting shoe I am after , are these puppies here:

 

http://images.irunfar.com/wp-content/uploads/New-Balance-Minimus-Trail.jpg

 

 

Is that a Vibram shoe? If so why are they now marketing a shoe??

 

I tend to agree with the barefoot or vibram theory and a few years ago made the decison to walk barefoot as much as possible (mostly at home).

[Wyatt Earp]

Swiss

That is the New Balance Minimus, I want some for real rocky trails, especially when you want to go a bit faster.

[SwissVan]

Ooh sorri I dirrent see the small NB logo, kind of got blinded by the vibram orange ones.

 

Makes sense for rocky terrain

 

New Balance and Vibram hmm is that a coalition?

Some of my most comfortable running shoes used to be NB.

[Wyatt Earp]

Lots of companies use Vibram soles or Vibram technology, man o man I want a pair.

[paulvs]

I have a set of bakila and trek sport... I'm still getting used to them as that is all I run in. Best trail sku's by far.

[HowellingWulf]

I know Merrell also use the Vibram soles.

[Danger Dassie]

Originally started with climbing shoes. Had a pair with the Vibram rubber, wore pretty quick though.

[bikemonster]

The book is called Born to Run, very inspirational.

Ricky, don't buy the ones in your picture, they are now an old model and there are better even funnier looking ones available.

These would suit you better.

 

http://www.lovethoseshoes.com/images/fullsize/FF-TrekSport-Red.jpg

 

 

Hmmmmm. All this "new science" makes me think that these are like Bio-Pace for people who do not balance well enough to ride bikes.

 

(For clarity - that's a dig at the marketers, not any Hubbers who happen to have lost all sense of style bought a pair of these fine shoes.)

[Wyatt Earp]

Hmmmmm. All this "new science" makes me think that these are like Bio-Pace for people who do not balance well enough to ride bikes.

 

(For clarity - that's a dig at the marketers, not any Hubbers who happen to have lost all sense of style bought a pair of these fine shoes.)

No not like Biopace at all, these are here to stay, the style of running they promote was in existence before we were even thought about.