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Mad rock shoes 28-Apr-2005 At 1:47:55 PM Ben
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They are becoming VERY common sights at a lot of indoor climbing places due to prices. Bouldering at nunna last night I saw roughly 70-80% of all people in the bouldering area were wearing them.

They wear faster than a lot of other shoes (the rubber soles) and there have been numerous reports of problems with rubber peeling/holes appearing around the toe box.

Some people have returned shoes if they showed bad wearing earlier and got replacements, others (ie Alex) got told that there was too much other wear (I'm not convinced this is reasonable myself, I saw the condition of the shoes and the wear was abnormal).

Having said all that, I love my madrocks (2nd/3rd pair now). I have the white Mugens, with the silly hybrid double sole. I do mainly indoor climbing ~3 times a week and they tend to last for about 6-8 months for me - I retire them pretty early though. And my footwork certainly isn't laser precise. Compared to $200 for most other shoes (scarpa dominator Vs were a previous favourite) the price is right. (~$120 new with VCC discount)

And most of my shoes get 'icky' after 8 months anyway (greasy on the inside etc) so I don't resole.

And they happen to fit my personal foot shape really well - more snug, less pain than any other shoes that I tried on.

I recommend them. The price VS perfomance is great for me.

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