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clustiere
Trad climber
berkeley ca
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 17, 2017 - 07:04pm PT
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Recommendations?
I just sent pairs to the rubber room and rock and resole to compare the workmanship. They will be back any day. Looking forward to sharing!!
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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May 17, 2017 - 07:15pm PT
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Locker!
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kunlun_shan
Mountain climber
SF, CA
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May 17, 2017 - 07:31pm PT
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I agree with Mark!
The best resoler has retired. Unfortunate for us, but not for him!
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monolith
climber
state of being
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May 18, 2017 - 08:02am PT
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I got back a pair from the Rubber Room recently, and one shoe delaminated around the edges within a week. No more Rubber Room for me.
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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May 18, 2017 - 09:24am PT
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I use Barry exclusively now. I had also used Locker in the past.
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monolith
climber
state of being
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May 18, 2017 - 09:40am PT
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To do a real compare, you have to use each pair for a month. They all look great when you open the box.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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May 18, 2017 - 09:41am PT
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While we are at it here, who is good for mountaineering boots?
Soles coming off my Scarpa plastic mountaineer boots. Damn pain in the ass coming down the mountain with my heel flopping.
I blame myself for storing them in the hot garage all summer year after year.
I would do it myselft with Barge Cement but since boots are a life and death matter I would prefer to use a pro.
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Beilstein
climber
San Rafael
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May 18, 2017 - 12:56pm PT
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Check out " Greater Tahoe Gripworks". I saw his info on a flyer at The Leap a while back and have been happy with the quality of work and the turn around time.
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Urizen
Ice climber
Berkeley, CA
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May 18, 2017 - 01:05pm PT
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For boots it's Dave Page in Seattle.
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jbaker
Trad climber
Redwood City, CA
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May 18, 2017 - 01:48pm PT
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I agree with Dave Page for mountaineering boots. He's done a beautiful job for me (but it has been some years). I've also used Rubber Room. They did a decent job in the end, but they lost my boots and it took them several months to find them.
Spider - You showed me around Texas Canyon many years ago when I was living in LA. That was a fun area.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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May 18, 2017 - 02:03pm PT
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But Locker's dead!
He said so hisself!
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wayne w
Trad climber
the nw
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May 18, 2017 - 02:20pm PT
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Chad at Black Rainbow in Las Vegas. He does stellar work and is a great person, as well.
climbingresoles.com
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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May 18, 2017 - 02:56pm PT
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Rock and Resole in Boulder have done a fine job for me. They have managed to keep several pair of the old model Techno (my favorite shoe) alive for me even though they have been out of production for several years
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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May 18, 2017 - 03:12pm PT
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Another vote for Barry.
John
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Mark Force
Trad climber
Ashland, Oregon
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May 18, 2017 - 03:32pm PT
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Barry does a really good job. He has put C4 on the front of my two pairs of Boreal Ballets.
Why two pairs?
Because Barry put a thin plastic insole up front in one pair that makes edging a dream!
With those two pairs I can swing both ways.
Did I say that out loud?
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Myles Moser
climber
Lone Pine, Ca
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May 18, 2017 - 10:43pm PT
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Puppo is the man. Wheather it be mountain boots to customized design. Tony and crew have never failed me or Amy. Rubber room!
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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May 19, 2017 - 10:36am PT
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Thanks for the tips on Mountaineer Boots.
It seems that every time I go through Bishop it is before or after hours.
Ya gotta trust a guy that lives in Seattle.
Hi jbaker!
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Tony Puppo
climber
Bishop
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May 19, 2017 - 03:17pm PT
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I always thought the best cobbler was the one having the most fun.
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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May 20, 2017 - 02:26pm PT
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Can anyone supply the contact info for Barry? What is the name of his business? Rock & Resole is running a solid 3 week turn around...
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WBraun
climber
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May 20, 2017 - 02:33pm PT
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What a waste of money and time waiting for your shoes to be resoled.
It's so piss easy to do it yourself.
Years ago I did my first pair using my car battery to drive my drill grinder on the front of my car in camp 4 parking lot.
later I got a honda generator and bolted the drill grinder to a rock and my wife Merry was cranking out 5 pairs a day in camp 4 lot.
I'm blown out how helpless you modern people are for simple little things.
Is this all you people know how to do is push papers around in your computers?
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