Small questions thread

[ADreamofBlue]

what do you guys do for beater shoes?

For everyday wear, I have a pair of APL Tech-Looms (black/white) and blacked-out Nike Free Run 2s I go between. When I care about what I'm wearing, I usually default to my Ramone highs if I can't make up my mind.

[neostrifeX]

what do you guys do for beater shoes?

MMM Replica (Germy Army Trainers). I have a pair in all white without the grey or gum sole that I bought a long while back and they're extremely comfortable so I decided to have them as beaters.

[TriggerDiscipline]

I've been using Julius creepers and fw tall boots as beaters but the design is too loud on both so I'm trying to find alternatives, Guidi is too sock like for my intended use, unless I get the hiking boot or something like that,

thanks for everyone's super suggestions.

[curiouscharles]

I've been using Julius creepers and fw tall boots as beaters but the design is too loud on both so I'm trying to find alternatives, Guidi is too sock like for my intended use, unless I get the hiking boot or something like that,

thanks for everyone's super suggestions.

I have the same issue with Guidi typically, but I find the new V / vibram sole models help alleviate this somewhat.

[zamb]

Triggerman

get some Carpe 5 holes in calf man, or some carpe side zips.......
there is absolutely nothing that beat those to this day as an everyday boot/ shoes once they have broken in.

[curiouscharles]

Triggerman

get some Carpe 5 holes in calf man, or some carpe side zips.......
there is absolutely nothing that beat those to this day as an everyday boot/ shoes once they have broken in.

plus they can also be had for dirt cheap prices these days.

[zamb]

plus they can also be had for dirt cheap prices these days.

Yep, if I wasnt under some strict austerity measures i would have picked up about 2 or 3 pairs over the holidays......

[curiouscharles]

Yep, if I wasnt under some strict austerity measures i would have picked up about 2 or 3 pairs over the holidays......

yeah, "collector" interest has completely fallen off.

coincidentally, so has my interest in wearing them :/

two-years-ago-me would have bought a full style run by now...

[SafetyKat]

I've been using Julius creepers and fw tall boots as beaters.

I tried on the ss tall boots yesterday . How are the soles holding out on those puppys?

[TriggerDiscipline]

I appreciate the suggestion but I don't like carpe diem or m.a+

the crepe sole is whatever, I think julius makes really comfortable shoes, but the designs recently don't sit well with me, and it seems to be getting worse every season

[tong1801]

Trigger if you don't mind nike, take a look at the SFB boots

[gregor]

Ann sneaks.

Like chucks, but without the terrible proportions.

Also can be found quite cheap used if cost is a concern [which it typically will be when looking for beaters].

ann sneaks are good too, i love my scamosciatos and can kind of just throw them on as though they were beaters, but i like them too much to wear them completely into the ground. the sole is also terrible on my pair for beating.

[curiouscharles]

ann sneaks are good too, i love my scamosciatos and can kind of just throw them on as though they were beaters, but i like them too much to wear them completely into the ground. the sole is also terrible on my pair for beating.

eventually you just have to let go... and wear them into the ground. [ed: watch me not be able to take my own advice ;p ]

luckily i've developed a good relationship with my cobbler [the oak bay cobbler on the ave], and he's gotten pretty good at doing sneaker sole protections / replacements for me.

definitely still feeling you though - been tromping around in my ss16 tooth soled sneaks for just over a week now, and i'm already dreading the day the sole wears through [as it won't be easy, or possible, to replace / repair].

[gregor]

eventually you just have to let go... and wear them into the ground. [ed: watch me not be able to take my own advice ;p ]

luckily i've developed a good relationship with my cobbler [the oak bay cobbler on the ave], and he's gotten pretty good at doing sneaker sole protections / replacements for me.

definitely still feeling you though - been tromping around in my ss16 tooth soled sneaks for just over a week now, and i'm already dreading the day the sole wears through [as it won't be easy, or possible, to replace / repair].

you kind of inspired me to, the snow is melting and the streets and they're all i've been able to wear this past week

good thing she does sneakers well and often enough that replacing them isn't hard. what is hard however is finding something nice that cuts such a gorgeous silhouette. i love the sock (or in anns case more very slim shafted) kind of look and she does it better than rick or anyone who has similarly tight shafted sneakers.

[curiouscharles]

you kind of inspired me to, the snow is melting and the streets and they're all i've been able to wear this past week

good thing she does sneakers well and often enough that replacing them isn't hard. what is hard however is finding something nice that cuts such a gorgeous silhouette. i love the sock (or in anns case more very slim shafted) kind of look and she does it better than rick or anyone who has similarly tight shafted sneakers.

glad to hear it!

you know what's funny, is despite owning an embarrassing amount of Ann sneaks [95% of them second hand], i've still yet to own a pair of anything taller than the mid-tops.

i developed a strange aversion to tucking jeans into anything but certain heights of combat boots [of which i only own one pair these days], so i've been a tall-sock + cuffed 5-year-old-acnes + Ann sneaks for the past six months.

i feel like a casual, a filthy [comfy] casual.