Ive got a perfectly good set of 5.10s except that the right shoe has a hole in it. I hate to just throw them away. Anybody have a solution?
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Is there any fix for flat shoes with a hole in the sole?
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You should get new shoes but you better get a new bike too.
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Take the pair to any decent cobbler, have them cut the sole down then put on a whole length piece of rubber.
I had this done to two pairs of Chuck Taylors when I was a competitive dancer in the early 2000s and they never wore out. Well, I had topgrain leather glued on, but it's the same deal. You could have a cobbler put on whatever sole you wanted, even a lugged Vibram boot sole. Just bring your $$.
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I had this done to two pairs of Chuck Taylors when I was a competitive dancer in the early 2000s and they never wore out. Well, I had topgrain leather glued on, but it's the same deal. You could have a cobbler put on whatever sole you wanted, even a lugged Vibram boot sole. Just bring your $$.
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Spoil yourself! Get some new shoes
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+1 Have repaired plenty of five ten soles with shoe goo.
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Based on OP pic I think that is a Freerider EPS...
$55 bucks on AMZ with decent sizes...
here you go...
We are a society of buyers, we like to buy new things. While they might be able to be fixed, the cost is what (mostly) prohibitive. A cobbler needs to make money, his/her time is worth more than the ~$50 bucks another user posted.
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Thank you all for the comments and suggestions.
It is a freerider EPS, hightop version.
Rather than spend $55 on a resole, and being 'Murican, the old ones are going in the landfill and I bought the set of lowtops from Bezos of for $67.
It is a freerider EPS, hightop version.
Rather than spend $55 on a resole, and being 'Murican, the old ones are going in the landfill and I bought the set of lowtops from Bezos of for $67.
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been there, done that, and found that I prefer shoes I can be comfortable in over the imperceptible benefit of clipless for MTB applications.
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It is a freerider EPS, hightop version.
Rather than spend $55 on a resole, and being 'Murican, the old ones are going in the landfill and I bought the set of lowtops from Bezos of for $67.
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Man mountain bikers are wasteful. There's a thread about patching tires where some say just buy a new one, and now tossing shoes with zero pin wear. No wonder there's a floating garbage patch the size of Texas. Fuc it! There's already micro plastics in our food and water, what's a few more tires and shoes going to hurt?
Rather than spend $55 on a resole, and being 'Murican, the old ones are going in the landfill and I bought the set of lowtops from Bezos of for $67.
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Man mountain bikers are wasteful. There's a thread about patching tires where some say just buy a new one, and now tossing shoes with zero pin wear. No wonder there's a floating garbage patch the size of Texas. Fuc it! There's already micro plastics in our food and water, what's a few more tires and shoes going to hurt?
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Man mountain bikers are wasteful. There's a thread about patching tires where some say just buy a new one, and now tossing shoes with zero pin wear. No wonder there's a floating garbage patch the size of Texas. Fuc it! There's already micro plastics in our food and water, what's a few more tires and shoes going to hurt?
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I get your point, and agree with it, that's why I created the post in the first place, to see if there was a reasonable fix that did not cost 4/5 of the price of new shoes, but this is not a case of "zero pin wear." As shown in the picture at post 1 the pins have created a quarter-sized hole in the sole and my socks get wet when I walk on snow or soggy ground.
Man mountain bikers are wasteful. There's a thread about patching tires where some say just buy a new one, and now tossing shoes with zero pin wear. No wonder there's a floating garbage patch the size of Texas. Fuc it! There's already micro plastics in our food and water, what's a few more tires and shoes going to hurt?
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I get your point, and agree with it, that's why I created the post in the first place, to see if there was a reasonable fix that did not cost 4/5 of the price of new shoes, but this is not a case of "zero pin wear." As shown in the picture at post 1 the pins have created a quarter-sized hole in the sole and my socks get wet when I walk on snow or soggy ground.
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That first pic is zero pin wear?
Man mountain bikers are wasteful. There's a thread about patching tires where some say just buy a new one, and now tossing shoes with zero pin wear. No wonder there's a floating garbage patch the size of Texas. Fuc it! There's already micro plastics in our food and water, what's a few more tires and shoes going to hurt?
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I get your point, and agree with it, that's why I created the post in the first place, to see if there was a reasonable fix that did not cost 4/5 of the price of new shoes, but this is not a case of "zero pin wear." As shown in the picture at post 1 the pins have created a quarter-sized hole in the sole and my socks get wet when I walk on snow or soggy ground.
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Fair enough. I didn't realize water was getting in.
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I get your point, and agree with it, that's why I created the post in the first place, to see if there was a reasonable fix that did not cost 4/5 of the price of new shoes, but this is not a case of "zero pin wear." As shown in the picture at post 1 the pins have created a quarter-sized hole in the sole and my socks get wet when I walk on snow or soggy ground.
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Fair enough. I didn't realize water was getting in.
No pin pattern damage is what I mean. I take it back now that I know water is getting in.
But wouldn’t a repair, that’s glue of some type seal any water leaking? Just playing devils advocate here. Like I stated above, we as people, enjoy buying, and companies enjoy (up)selling…. If there wasn’t anything available for replacement, we would be (more) a society of hanging onto things longer, after that quality repair.
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Donate them, someone other than an MTB'r will get some use of those shoes....
Try taking a look at hospital facilities if you want to see massive waste....
Try taking a look at hospital facilities if you want to see massive waste....
When I was looking into this a new pair was well over $100. My current pair was in excellent condition except for holes in the sole. It was an easy decision to spend $60 and not throw them away.
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