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who makes the best sticky rubber?

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Psychopathic_Barbie 29 Feb 2008

gotta get my rock boots resoled. theyre evolv elektras, but neither feet first or chishire boots do the trax rubber they use. But they DO do five ten, scarpa, boreal, sportiva and red chilli rubber. so which do folk reckon is the bestest, stickiest rubber?

miku979 29 Feb 2008

In reply to Psychopathic_Barbie: I'd say Stealth that you find on Five Tens. I've had Red Chillis, Evolvs and La Sportiva but in my opinion Five Tens' rubber is stickier.

netevilarch 29 Feb 2008

In reply to Psychopathic_Barbie: There is some debate whether C4 stealth or Mad rock #5 is stickier, but I have had a lot of shoes resoled in C4.

8ace 29 Feb 2008

In reply to Psychopathic_Barbie:

I've tried red chilli, sportiva and boreal - out of those three, boreal was way out in front.

anyone got a 5-10 / boreal comparison?

J1234 29 Feb 2008

In reply to Psychopathic_Barbie:
Five Ten is great Rubber but the finger loop on the side makes them really uncomfortable IMHO

Invincible Ed 29 Feb 2008

In reply to 8ace:

> (In reply to Psychopathic_Barbie)
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> I've tried red chilli, sportiva and boreal - out of those three, boreal was way out in front.
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> anyone got a 5-10 / boreal comparison?

Boreal used to have terrible rubber but have caught up in recent years!
5-10 = Stickiest
La sportiva = Hard but most predictable