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Was on my home from work today, when I noticed a hot East European chick who'd been serving us at our xmas party on the other side of the street. Looking down at her feet I noticed she was wearing what appeared to be a pair of climbing shoes!!!

A few weeks back I spotted a lad out in our local nightclub wearing what appeared to be a pair of flat soled walshes.

Having bought a pair of xc spikes today from New Balance, they look quite 'cool & fashionable' as well.

Also checking my red chilli's brochure from a few years back it seems to have a rather fashion inspired imagery with a hot model in a glamourous dress getting picked up by a guy in climbing shoes.

Though not a supporter of fashion generally (more like the anti fashion), I was wondering if I started wearing my retired pairs of fell/xc/climbing shoes about town, would I be really hip & radical??

Better still, I could get all my worn out old shoes resoled & then sell them as the latest thing in fashion to guillible people (who pay more for the ungenuine article, than I do for the real thing!!) - that way I could fund my climbing, running & my biking!!

What's the next step?? Spd shoes on the clubbing scene???

(Actually that's a bit last season as last year I went out clubbing dressed in full biking lycra with SPD shoes on after having been out for a late training ride & arriving back too late to get changed & go out - therefore I just rode down to the club I work at, parked my lovely bike outside & persuaded the somewhat apprehensive bouncers to let me in as I was!! Warning SPD SL shoes are murder on the dancefloor, you slip all over the place in them!!!)!!
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In reply to Allan Thomson:


Nah, way too geeky! I've seen shoes knocking around that look like stickies too - had to take a second look at a Chinese girl in Soho the other day I swore was wearing Scarpas!

In reply to Allan Thomson:

I think it was La Sportiva who did a model with a trainer company (replay or someone) - it was in Arena about 2 years ago

I couldn't find it, but i did find a nice air of shoes

http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/12041468.html

In reply to fiend$ish:


No way!! could you imagine these badboys on the dancefloor!!??!!.. http://i9.ebayimg.com/03/i/06/6e/52/ef_1.JPG


Mtn bike shoes might be better though??/ How about these??..http://brandscycle.com/itemdetails.cfm?catalogId=39&id=7557

NB make sure you take the cleats off first!!!

In reply to Allan Thomson:
You dancing with Robocop?

In reply to es:
bit like these you mean??
http://shopping.msn.it/images/lib/244_000001U8710000.jpg

In reply to fiend$ish:

No I'm taking me bird out tonight. She's very moody, I don't let her out of the cellar often, but she stuns everyone else.

http://www.cavblog.co.uk/uploaded_images/pail129-768289.jpg

She said something about us needing to 'upgrade to be compatible, I thought perhaps those shoes would do the trick???

In reply to Allan Thomson: Nah the whole slick climbing shoe type fashion has pretty much been & gone. Never really took off in a big way.

As to your NB spikes I suspect you just have serious deficiency of coolness if you think they look cool.

Finally the spd thing. Well i had a Dutch courier friend who had a pair of spats with spd cleats on them that were way cool. They were however a million miles away from your standard road shoe, which just look, well Crap!

In reply to Frank4short:
No way road shoes are cool, they just have to be well made that's all. I think cycling clothing looks really good on lasses!!

My NB spikes seriously do look good!!

Definciency of coolness?? I have my own style & I stand alone on that - people admire me for it!! No sheeplike mental slavery for me!!.. :-P

In reply to Allan Thomson: Apologies for just diving in, but kids used to wear boreal lasers to raves, a few years back now, around our way in manchester.

Got a pair of the NB spikes and the laces are mad. When i was out running in them over the summer some bloke yelled at me, saying i looked a twàt. And he was right.

In reply to iain roberto:

You were out running in them???

I can understand racing in spikes but training???

Who cares what they look like anyway, it's how they perform that really matters. However I do still think mine look good - perhaps they're a new 2007 model??

In reply to Allan Thomson:
Who cares what they look like anyway, it's how they perform that really matters.
Spot on. I know a guy who works for berghaus who believes that "it's all about the look. Forget function!" I say if you can't dance in them, what's the point.

Anyway i love my NB's for fell running (training and races). Might give em a scrub up tonight and go out in Keswick in em.

In reply to iain roberto: didn't you also wear zimbabaloboo pants roberto. ripping it up volts in the old days

In reply to jeedy7: Hey John. Me and Chris are off on a trip next week. Going dancing in my nepal tops. Chris will be sick on the street and we'll probably get feck all done, again.

In reply to iain roberto: so did chris tell you about my session of winding him up. my trip fell through so the slice of humble pie i'm eating is huge

In reply to iain roberto: i've decided to go on that trip to the himalaya if its still a go going to check out big boots this afternoon

In reply to Allan Thomson: bright colours are in the this year

In reply to jeedy7: Good lad. You going for the summit tick then? I've got a pair of Vegas going cheap if you're interested.

Can you carry empty MSR cylinders on planes now? Chris is insisting on taking his, but i remember they took one off us when we went to the states.

In reply to Allan Thomson:

Lassies clumping round the dancefloors in those flourescent old Asolo plackies would be the next step eh?

Davie

In reply to iain roberto: think you have to wake sure they are empty and don't smell so wash them out and leave the lid off for a few days. fingers crossed with this trip but i'll have to see it in oct/nov.