New Five Ten Ba51c
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duck_man
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5.10 Mountain Masters were basically the next rung down the tree from Impacts as far as sticky sole and general shoe comfort went. Then for bizarro reasons unknown they decided to delete them from their range. The general approach shoes that they've replaced them with are not a patch on Mountain Masters for either grip or comfort. I'm currently using a pair of Guide Tennies as a stopgap, but although the rubber may be stealth dots, they're far from as good in grip either.
Some odd decisions being made in 5.10 land...
Some odd decisions being made in 5.10 land...
jda
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ebay mate, about $80 or something from memory. try them on somewhere first though, i found them to be a bit smaller than my usual size.
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Actually, I think probably the best thing about the ba51c is that red sole. My wife just hates me wearing my Mountain Masters or Guide Tennies in the house, especially in the kitchen. They leave black marks everywhere. If the same grip is available without the black marks then I can see that being a huge selling point (esp with folks who have to clean up the floors). Not sure on red as a subtle colour, brown, grey, navy or moss green might be a bit better. Depends on the target audience.
For the "OMG 1 1Z 73H M4DC0R 1337 P4RK0UR!!!" crowd then I guess red soles go faster...
For the "OMG 1 1Z 73H M4DC0R 1337 P4RK0UR!!!" crowd then I guess red soles go faster...
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jda
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The guy selling them on ebay is in Australia and must be making a profit so I guess its either the bike shops or the importer that is selling them at an inflated price. They retail for about $80 - $90 in Canada too which is where I got mine.
Anyway this is opening a big can of worms, i buy stuff at the cheapest price I can find, i don't really care where its from.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Five-Ten-IMP...ageNameZWD4VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m124
In regards to Impact sizing, i bought mine from a local shop (Cyclingo hobart), sure i paid a bit more but i don't mind.
The sizes seem to be spot on (well at least for me), i tried on a US size 12 and it fit me fine, just like most shoes. There are half sizes anyway, so if you are worried about it just get one half size bigger than your normal US size shoe.
The sizes seem to be spot on (well at least for me), i tried on a US size 12 and it fit me fine, just like most shoes. There are half sizes anyway, so if you are worried about it just get one half size bigger than your normal US size shoe.
Pebble
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Yeah my old riding sneakers are pretty worn now so I was looking at that as one of the options. But it seems pretty similar to the Guide Tennie.
It was either the Impact low tops or something more versatile and from the womens range
In the end I ordered one of these, should be good for riding and all round use!. The BA51C seems great if you really like the skate style shoes.
I ordered mine from the place below, they should be on their way now. They are selling the Five Ten Ba51c as well - link below....
Mountain Gear 5.10 BA51C
And like quite a few other things - buying from the US seems to save just about 50% on retail here.
It was either the Impact low tops or something more versatile and from the womens range
In the end I ordered one of these, should be good for riding and all round use!. The BA51C seems great if you really like the skate style shoes.
I ordered mine from the place below, they should be on their way now. They are selling the Five Ten Ba51c as well - link below....
Mountain Gear 5.10 BA51C
And like quite a few other things - buying from the US seems to save just about 50% on retail here.
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scottdo2086
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If you people want some shoes with great grip and even cheaper price go Mad Rock Shoes !
Pebble
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Yeah that's why I said almost!^^^^^^^^^^
does almost half price include shipping?
I didn't order them just for the $$ savings. More the fact that camping stores or bike stores don't seem to sell any sort of Five Ten shoes let alone the ones I want, and otherwise I don't fancy a 3hr drive to Perth.
If I could have sourced them close to home & tried them on etc, I'd be more than happy to pay full price, well much to my husbands disapproval of the close to $200 cost! This way we're both happy.
And once you're talking on-line shopping, well Aus seems to be lacking in that regard, not so much in the bike gear (Phantom, FTR, TBSM are all great), but other stuff like shoes.
I'm looking at $124Au delivered providing the credit card company doesn't slug some sort of currency exchange fee. Now that's pretty reasonable but stretching it as I like to keep shoe cost around the $100 mark - or buy $100 shoes when they're on sale for $50! I'm cheap on clothes too, can't bring myself to pay $100 for a bike shirt or shorts!
LJohn
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Good enough for the time being.