carbon fibre spikes...

[James Cantle]

what a nightmare. might just have to invest in some bashlings... i new i shouldnt have brought them...

[skyhuck]

I went for the alloy geckos for this very reason, you know where you are with alloy.

[Stephen Blair]

I went for the alloy geckos for this very reason, you know where you are with alloy.

 

i am glad i bought the alloy ones, would never go back to bashlins now, they are a dream to wear. comfy womfy:001_smile:

[Mark Bolam]

B***er!

 

I love my carbon fibre Geckos. I can honestly say I can wear them all day without any discomfort. Would hate mine to go the same way.

 

I'll get the lads to carry me to the base of every tree now to avoid any excessive wear.

[Marc]

B***er!

 

I love my carbon fibre Geckos. I can honestly say I can wear them all day without any discomfort. Would hate mine to go the same way.

 

I'll get the lads to carry me to the base of every tree now to avoid any excessive wear.

 

The glue coming unstuck is nothing in the scheme of things, yeah its annoying but they are still for me the best spikes out there.

 

I've just tried using some heavy duty zip ties round the shaft below the fabric, got it nice and tight using a vice i'll see how well this holds up if i only have to replace a ziptie a couple of times a year i'm happy.

[MasterBlaster]

I love my carbon fibre Geckos. I can honestly say I can wear them all day without any discomfort.

 

I sold mine and went back to my Bashlin/caddy combo. The CF Geckos aren't designed properly, IMO

[MattyF]

mine came attached like this and not glued,so they must of realised there was a problem,also the top straps are riveted....dont see why it would not be hard to drill them and bolt like this.

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[nz paul]

it would be fine to drill them i think,was a frp(fibre reinforced plastics) tech , boat builder for a few years and have worked a bit with cf.Funnily enough i was looking at some carbon spikes at the apf last year,they werent that much more then the alloy ones,just the quality of them didnt look that great to me and they wll never last as long as alloy so didnt go there but would like to try some as they were light as!

[Marc]

Your looking at the wrong bit Matty, its the part that wraps round under the spike that is glued, this bit comes in contact with the bark and eventually the glue can loosen, the strap then shifts under your arch and slips off the back of your heel.

 

The carbon geckos are not a polished product the qaulity is a little off in places, and maybe they will not last as long as say a pair of bashlins, yet for all their faults and niggles i still reckon they are they are amongst the best pair of spike currently availible.

 

The bashlins with caddys like MB has sure look nice as well.

[MattyF]

Your looking at the wrong bit Matty, its the part that wraps round under the spike that is glued, this bit comes in contact with the bark and eventually the glue can loosen, the strap then shifts under your arch and slips off the back of your heel.

 

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:blushing:ohh i see!mine are unstuck as well then as it ocaisionally slips around but only if they are not tight.