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Trad climber

San Francisco South Bay, CA

Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 9, 2006 - 01:46pm PT

Time to save my old 5 10's from too early a death.

Any good shop, especially in Northern CA?

roy

Social climber

New Zealand -> Santa Barbara

Jun 9, 2006 - 02:21pm PT

Hi,

I like "The Rubber Room" in Bishop. You can deal with them by phone, mail or email.
(http://www.rubberroomresoles.com/);

Cheers,

Roy

crusher

climber

Santa Monica, CA

Jun 9, 2006 - 02:23pm PT

Rubber Room for sure. Ship them there.

nb3000

Gym climber

Oakland, CA.

Jun 9, 2006 - 02:25pm PT

Also theres Marmot Mountain Works in Berkeley : http://www.marmotmountain.com/resoles.htm

wyJames

Mountain climber

Dripping Spring, Tx

Jun 9, 2006 - 02:38pm PT

I like Ramuta in Seattle they do the best job I have seen, it may cost a little more but it has been more than worth it everytime I have used them.

-James

JMC

Trad climber

So Cal

Jun 9, 2006 - 02:52pm PT

Personal favorite is Rock and Resole - http://www.rockandresole.com/

They've done 10+ resoles for me, all perfect. I used to use the rubber room, but they excessively ground the toes on the last 2 pairs of shoes resoled, and another pair started delam'ing - end of relationship.

-John

(edit) - oh yeah, fast turnaround too. Door-to-door has always been less than 2 weeks.

goatboy smellz

climber

shakedown street

Jun 9, 2006 - 03:47pm PT

Although not in N.Cali. definitely Rock & Resole. Been using them for years they have great turnaround service and will really make an extra effort.

Years ago I came back from Hueco with both heels of my La Sportiva X's blown out, they sewed them up and they were good for another 9 months.

Tahoe climber

Trad climber

Tahoe

Jun 9, 2006 - 03:51pm PT

I really like Flyin' Bryan in Vegas.
Just ship them to him and gets it done quickly and does a great job.
My climbing partner and I just got our trad shoes resoled for the season and they look awesome!
He's on the net.

-Aaron

spidey

Trad climber

Berkeley/El Cerrito

Jun 9, 2006 - 04:15pm PT

Avoid Marmot. I have had 2-3 pairs done there, shoddy work to say the least. Rubber room has a good rep but their turnaround time is slow, and mine delaminated also after a few months.

Rock and Resole has a 1-2 day turnaround, and I've heard they do good work. I just sent them 4 pairs last thursday or friday, when I called to see if they had recieved them this wednesday they said, yeah, they're all done and on their way back to you! Their prices are pretty good, too.

randomtask

climber

North fork, CA

Jun 9, 2006 - 05:02pm PT

BARRY's RESOLES is where you should go.

Adress already listed, phone is 855- 4511 ( I THINK!!!)

-JR

ron gomez

Trad climber

fallbrook,ca

Jun 9, 2006 - 05:05pm PT

see Tony At the Rubber Room, only place to have resoles done, Tony can and will set you up right and everything I've ever had done was BETTER than what the manufactor did. Been dealing with them since Wheeler Wilsons and Mike Pope.
Peace

Mr_T

Trad climber

Somewhere, CA

Jun 9, 2006 - 05:07pm PT

Avoid Marmott.

Poor quality work. A friend (beginner) had her shoes done there. Showed them to me - seams between rand rubber were all messed up. She took them back - they claimed "it's how it's supposed to look". The shops in Bishop make it look a lot better.

Melissa

Gym climber

berkeley, ca

Jun 9, 2006 - 05:11pm PT

I've had bad luck w/ Marmot, and have heard bad reports from others as well.

Barry is THE man, IMO. Beyond his awesome structural work (and I always have a custom PITA request or three), he even sticks an individually wrapped life-saver in each shoe so the box doesn't stink when you open it.

onepitch

Social climber

berkeley CA

Jun 9, 2006 - 05:18pm PT

Contrary to other posters here, I've have fine results with Marmot in Berkely. Honestly, I don't really like the store overall but my 4 resoles I've had done there have been fine (except the mythos I left in a hot car these started to delaminate a tiny bit on the inside edge but I can't really blame the resolers for that one).

Maybe I just have low standards though.

Heyzeus

climber

Hollywood,Ca

Jun 9, 2006 - 06:54pm PT

Barry's for sure. Wilson's(Rubber Room)used to be good, but then went to sh#t, Tony is great but the subbies not so hot. Might be better now. Haven't used them in probably 5 years. Call Barry.

Nefarius

Big Wall climber

Fresno, CA

Jun 9, 2006 - 07:12pm PT

I've gotta cast my vote for Barry along with Dingus, Melissa, et al... Barry is definitely a great guy and does incredible work.

I'd go with Rubber Room as a second choice.

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Jun 9, 2006 - 10:23pm PT

Learn how to do it yourself.

jbaker

Trad climber

Takoma Park, MD

Jun 10, 2006 - 10:18am PT

Flyin' Brian's has always done a good job for me. I've had mixed results with the Rubber Room. They misplaced one pair for eight weeks, and another pair delaminated pretty quickly. OTOH, they've done a really good job at other times.