Anyone know anything about treads? I've been hiking in my tennis shoes, and it terrible. If it's slightly muddy I can slip, and if I'm going up even a dry incline it barely grips. So, now I want to get some decent hiking boots. The terrain I'm usually on is muddy, with inclines and leaves at worst, and just dirt at best. I also have size 16 wide feet, so I can't just order from anywhere. I found these that are in my price range, but the tread doesn't look amazing, but I also don't know what I'm talking about. Thoughts?
https://xlfeet.com/dunham-cloud-green-grey-mcr6630g.html
The thread must be aggressive and deep.
what is a good third world shoe? I wanna be able to run on road and dirt mud roads
Screw sheet metal screws into the soles of a pair of converse 70s. You now have a pair of Canvas Caligae, the perfect ‘minimalist’ shoes.
> https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/premium-rubber-knee-rain-boot
no... seriously. they used to be $20, I've had a pair for multiple years and no issues. I do everything in them, talking on loose rockwalls when fishing, bushwacking, walking through creeks. people always say these kind of boots aren't comfortable for long distances, but maybe I'm just weird. also good when walking through poison ivy, snake infested brush, and mud.
These look memey but are legitimately grippy
These have decent reviews, and are in my price range, but they don't have my size. I wear a 16 (maybe EE depends on the brand), or a 15 4E (new balance).
Those only go up to 13, and also seem like they'd get hot in the summer.
Yeah, that's what I figured.
They have really bad grip especially in mud. I only use these for running and dayhikes from the suburbs with lots of roadwalking.
If you want grip on in nature get vibram soled boots.
Don't let anyone tell you that soft running shoes have better grip because science experiment. It's not true in the real world, only in cities where every walkable square inch has been polished by 10000 feet.
Literally the opposite of reality. Line Peaks are notorious for being slippery as shit on pavement and rocks (environments they’re not designed for). They absolutely excel in mud.
I do t think Vibram makes anything as aggressive as Altea’s Maxtrac. Maybe the Megagrip, but Maxtrac is deeper and spaced further, with more agressive putter logs.
>Literally the opposite of reality.
marketing reality? I'm not comparing them to other trailrunners or sneakerboots but to normal hiking boots.
>Line Peaks are notorious for being slippery as shit on pavement and rocks
notorious on the internet? because in reality I never slipped once on pavement or rocks. Most boots are more slippery.
>They absolutely excel in mud.
Compared to other trailrunners? All trailrunners slip in mud compared to normal hiking boots.
>I do t think Vibram makes anything as aggressive as Altea’s Maxtrac.
The profile is shallow and the whole construction of the shoe is flabby. Any commando style boot sole has deeper logs and will provide more traction in OPs environment.
>All trailrunners slip in mud compared to normal hiking boots.
This is just fricking stupid.
>All trailrunners slip in mud compared to normal hiking boots.
You are completely clueless, I've ran down saturated fells using these runners without losing my footing and watched other people endlessly slip and slide
Overwhelming amount of boots are made for general purpose walking using a thicker shallower lug thread and are composed of harder more durable rubber composites. Wheras these purpose made fell runners feature softer stickier rubber and 8mm rubber spike lugs that give maximum grip, and they're far closer to the design philosophy of trail runners than they are to boots
Post a picture of your Lone Peaks.
why?
I use them for trailrunning in Norway or on weekends when the weather is good.
They don't slip on pavement or rocks. They slip in mud and wet surfaces - more than boots. I use them because they are light and breathable on hot summer days.
>If you want grip on in nature get vibram soled boots.
What does this even mean? Trad pattern and depth (and especially side lug design) is what determines traction in mud. Vibram is a brand. They make several lug patterns and styles.
Pic: your totally hot girlfriend who you have so much crazy sex with (but she goes to another school).
>if I keep pushing my meme it'll catch on
You're like the guy who repeats his joke louder when nobody laughs.
Not gonna explain why Vibrams get better traction, huh?
Get a leather hiking boot that is re-solable. You can get 10plus years out of such a boot.
Can you link me a company that makes resolable boots with a foot-shaped toe box?
Lowa makes a range of high quality leather boots and trekking shoes. They indicate on their website which are resoleable and which are not. Hanwag and Meindl are two other German brands that are similar, but I've never owned a pair of them. Choose a pair of shoes with a polyurethane midsole. PU does not crumble up after a couple years of use, unlike EVA.
PU crumbles after 3-7 years, whether you use the boot or not.
EVA just gets squishy and dented after a few hundred miles.
Not me but vibram boot soles just have better traction. Not sure why. It's practical experience that counts, not your science shit.
>science
NTA but this is pretty dumb, Anon. Lug pattern and depth have little to do with brand and it’s not exactly scientific. I mean if he was talking about rubber durometer or spring rate or something equally autistic then sure, it’s “muh science” and is just stupid to even get into, especially since we’re talking about mud and not running in pavement or rocks or something.
every boot is re-solable, some just take a few minutes more effort
DIrectly moulded soles are not resolable.
they grind the old one off to the base layer and glue on the new.
I also have giant feet, and have no idea where to get hiking boots. So lame that no one makes anything beyond 14 or 15 usually.