carbon spikes?

[carlos]

had a quick go on some carbon distels and really liked them, however on reading hear they are said to be fragile on hard surfaces, iam careful with my gear and dont do lots of town work so will they last???

oh and are the alloy ones the exact same shape??

thanks carl

[Samuel]

i have carbon spikes and they have lasted well for me.. ands still going well, i have no complaints about them what so ever, i am very careful though when i use them, put them on under the tree and take them off after i have finished with them under the tree, which means i never really walk around in them on the ground. there are people on here that have had sets last years and years,

[coleman]

I have carbons and a pal has the ali ones. Not much difference in weight and both as comfortable as each other. Id go for the ali as cheaper and more hard wearing.

[Steve Bullman]

I had my first pair of carbons for 6 years. They got to the stage where all the velcro needed replacing which would have been approximately £50 if I remember. As the spikes had earned me well for 6 years I decided to just buy a brand new pair...but in reality the carbon portion of the first pair were absolutely fine.

[Lewia]

I have the carbons and I love them. If I find I have to walk around in them I tiptoe around like a ballerina. Worth it to save wearing them out.

 

Lew.

[Mark Bolam]

Exactly the same as Steve here, but I have got the replacement bottom Velcro straps sitting in my workshop, need to do that today really.

FR Jones got them for me, about £40 from memory.

The bottom carbon is scuffed up a bit, but loads of life left.

[MattyF]

  Steve Bullman said:

I had my first pair of carbons for 6 years. They got to the stage where all the velcro needed replacing which would have been approximately £50 if I remember. As the spikes had earned me well for 6 years I decided to just buy a brand new pair...but in reality the carbon portion of the first pair were absolutely fine.

 

I'm still wearing these after replacing the Velcro after some one ran over my first pair and Steve kindly donated me them, so that must be 8-9 years of service and they still have a good few years left .. And I'm not really bothered about what surface they are walked on but then again who would walk around in any spikes if your not in a tree... I'm inclined to think the wear on aluminium spikes would be the same if not worse as its softer than carbon.

[carlos]

cool thanks for feedback, looks like it might be time to bust out the good old credit card!

[morten]

  coleman said:

I have carbons and a pal has the ali ones. Not much difference in weight and both as comfortable as each other. Id go for the ali as cheaper and more hard wearing.

 

what he said

 

Also, the aluminium Gecko's are adjustable length, whereas the carbon ones are not.

[Steve Bullman]

  morten said:

what he said

 

Also, the aluminium Gecko's are adjustable length, whereas the carbon ones are not.

 

Shouldn't be an issue unless you are planning on a little growth spurt during adulthood

 

I'd go for carbon over ali everytime purely because they look cooler