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Postby Dom » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:21 am

Hey, I'll be in Moncton this summer and I have 3 pairs of climbing shoes that I have to get resoled.

I was wondering where people in N.-B. get their climbing shoes resoled. Also if there is a place in Halifax I'd be willing to drive down there...

I know I could do it myself but I've seen the result on my friend's shoe who has done it himself vs my Testarossa that has been resoled by a shoe repair place in France and it just doesnt compare...

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Re: resoling

Postby *Chris* » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:37 am

There is nowhere in eastern Canada that I'm aware of. Last year a number of us sent a large shipment of shoes to The Rubber Room in Bishop CA. The are supposed to be the best but I found in the end... the whole process was not worthwhile and I'd have preferred to sink the cash into new shoes.
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Re: resoling

Postby Dom » Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:50 am

California? whoah!!

Thanks for the reply I know a few places in Québec (Délire in Qc city and dostie shoe repair in Mtl).

I'll try to ship them out there...

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Re: resoling

Postby Fred » Mon Jun 08, 2009 6:02 pm

shoe resoling is a money scam IMO. You'll climb better in your flip-flops than a pair of resoles.
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Re: resoling

Postby chossmonkey » Mon Jun 08, 2009 7:36 pm

Fred wrote:shoe resoling is a money scam IMO. You'll climb better in your flip-flops than a pair of resoles.
It depends on the shoes and the resoler.

There is a guy in Toronto that is supposed to do good work. We just sent in a few pairs of shoes so we will see.

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Re: resoling

Postby cory » Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:45 pm

Maritime shoe rebuilders in SJ did a decent job for me. The shoes were borderline too worn to be resoled, but they did a great job. 5.10 Moccasyms. They were pretty much a gym shoe before and exclusively after, as I got new nicer fits and better performance in other models. (no sense in wasting good rubber on high mileage plastic) So I'm not really sure how they'd do in cracks and other real features. The fit was the same pre and post resole, but of course I lost sensitivity (5mm more rubber between my toes and the holds). Price was very reasonable as I recall.
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Re: resoling

Postby Dom » Wed Jun 10, 2009 8:34 am

Cool, Maybe I'll check Maritime shoe rebuilders out. Does he have the required rubber or you need to bring it in?

I think resoling is worth it for sure...then again I am only a poor student...
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Re: resoling

Postby jdhohmann » Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:17 pm

:D I also had a pair resoled at Maritime shoe rebuilders in SJ, they did a great job and I am still using them to date... I would give them a try
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Re: resoling

Postby bns » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:56 pm

I agree with Fred. Not worth it. Buy new shoes.
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Re: resoling

Postby bns » Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:57 pm

better yet sell your old shoes to people who do like to resole their shoes and use that money to buy your new shoes
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Re: resoling

Postby Dom » Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:54 am

bns wrote:better yet sell your old shoes to people who do like to resole their shoes and use that money to buy your new shoes


hahah Given the odor coming out of theses shoes I think I'd have to pay someone to get 'em off my hands...

But honestly I don't see what's wrong with a resoled shoe...I've done it 3 times and the 3 times the resolers made a great job.

I've been living in Grenoble, France the last 6 months and there is a resoler here who I find puts stickier rubber than what I originally had on my La Spo Testarossa!! Too bad the shoes I wanna resole are at my dad's in Moncton...

Maybe you guys have had a bad resole job experience??
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Re: resoling

Postby martha » Thu Jun 11, 2009 8:43 am

I've sent a few shoes to the 'Quick Cobbler' in Vancouver to be re-soled, they did a great job... but honestly, the money is better spent in new shoes...

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Re: resoling

Postby bns » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:52 pm

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Re: resoling

Postby anderfo » Sun Jun 14, 2009 9:27 am

I have no idea about the resoling possibilities in Canada or US, but in Europe it's possible to have your shoes resoled at SOeScalade and it's very good. Last time my club sent shoes to this place, I resoled 4 pairs of shoes and paid 50% of the price for a new pair (we got some discount though, and new shoes are expensive here). All the 4 pairs felt like new, or better, because they fit better to my feet and because the rubber was sticky (Five Ten Onyx). They also last at least as long as new shoes. Maybe the rubber is a bit thicker so they might be less sensitive but this might depend on what type of climbing you are into (steep, slabs, cracks etc).
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Re: resoling

Postby cory » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:28 pm

The cobbler does not have climbing rubber. I've got a piece of 5mm that's big enough for a pair of 1/2 soles (forefoot -who wear's out their heels?).
I'd let it go for a few bucks or a beer.
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Re: resoling

Postby cory » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:29 pm

by the way it's 5.10 Stealth rubber.
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Re: resoling

Postby martha » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:45 am

cory wrote:The cobbler does not have climbing rubber.



Do you mean the quick cobbler in Vancouver? They did mine in climbing rubber... they are listed on the 5.10 website etc as the place in Canada to use....
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Re: resoling

Postby Fred » Wed Jun 17, 2009 4:23 pm

cory wrote:by the way it's 5.10 Stealth rubber.



I think it's now Onyx.
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Re: resoling

Postby granite_grrl » Fri Jun 19, 2009 7:38 am

cory wrote:The cobbler does not have climbing rubber. I've got a piece of 5mm that's big enough for a pair of 1/2 soles (forefoot -who wear's out their heels?).
I'd let it go for a few bucks or a beer.

For a lot of shoes 5mm may feel too thick. I accidentally got Nathan's Anasazi's resoled with 5mm....he wasn't impressed.
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Re: resoling

Postby cory » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:34 pm

Fred wrote:I think it's now Onyx.


Yeah, but unlike Back To The Future, the piece I have from a couple years back wasn't transformed into the new formula. It is still Stealth.


(and though it is thick they can grind it thinner if you wish)
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Re: resoling

Postby Fred » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:22 am

Time travel, if only it were possible.

sorry thought you were correcting Anderfo for saying "Onyx".
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Re: resoling

Postby cory » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:36 pm

that makes more sense!
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