[pct-l] shoes

[randy_forsland@xxxxxxxxxxx (Randy Forsland)]

It seems that everytime I find a shoe that i love, it gets
discontinued...first the Nike Air mada...now the Salomon raid race...

I just purchased a pair of the XA pros...and they seem a little narrower
than the Raids...hopefully, that won't be a problem..I've been out on some
local hikes with them and so far..so good...definitely light and airy...I'll
probably wear them for the Campo to KM sections..

But, I have heard that Salomon is producing a raid race 2 shoe
now...Hopefullly, i can get my hands on a pair.

I tried the NB 805s last summer on the JMT...they did not perform well over
the broken granite rocks that makes up good portions of the trail. They
seemed to have a lot of lateral shift and i was almost walking on the sides
of them by trails end. The 804s were better...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Wilson" <BWIL5272@postoffice.uri.edu>
To: "Paul E. Dietrich" <cactus_paul@earthlink.net>;
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] shoes


>. That means I'm not putting that much pressure on my
> shoes every time I step - because of this my first pair of Salomon Raid
> Races (they don't make them anymore - now I wear XA pros) lasted 1400
miles.
> Bigger hikers normally have to replace their shoes more often simply
because
> they put more wear on them.
>