Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Merrells
On October 26th last, I reported, after some vicissitudes, buying a pair of Merrells.
Took a week or two to break in, but once broken in, very comfortable. Probably walked 25-30 miles a week in them in the four months since. My only complaint is that, along with other trainers, they are not bicycle toeclip friendly, being too fat at the toe. Part of the price one has to pay for serious foot comfort. So no good for my own bike, but fine for a Bullingdon, Bullingdons not having anything like toeclips.
But they are now showing signs of wear. They are a bit down at heel, although not revealing any foam filled voids as yet, and the composite complications which make up the inside of the right heel are now starting to unravel. Bits of black foam falling out, revealing sturdy plastic backplate. A U-shaped bit of milky coloured plastic something less than a millimetre thick. Still perfectly comfortable & wearable but we will see whether we get the six months that the chap in the shop thought was reasonable for trainers in daily use.
On the horticultural front and following the post of 13th February, I can now report that the lid free compost bin seems to be rat free. Compost sitting on top undisturbed and no signs of tunnelling works. So hopefully that problem has gone away.
The cuckoo pint and the celandines are up, although the latter are some way off flowering. Unlike the ones along the bottom of the stream banks along Longmead Road which have been in flower for a week or more. Furthermore, Longmead Road also sports some early dandelions, even the odd clock, the first I have seen this year. From which we deduce that the stream keeps the cold off a bit.
Took a week or two to break in, but once broken in, very comfortable. Probably walked 25-30 miles a week in them in the four months since. My only complaint is that, along with other trainers, they are not bicycle toeclip friendly, being too fat at the toe. Part of the price one has to pay for serious foot comfort. So no good for my own bike, but fine for a Bullingdon, Bullingdons not having anything like toeclips.
But they are now showing signs of wear. They are a bit down at heel, although not revealing any foam filled voids as yet, and the composite complications which make up the inside of the right heel are now starting to unravel. Bits of black foam falling out, revealing sturdy plastic backplate. A U-shaped bit of milky coloured plastic something less than a millimetre thick. Still perfectly comfortable & wearable but we will see whether we get the six months that the chap in the shop thought was reasonable for trainers in daily use.
On the horticultural front and following the post of 13th February, I can now report that the lid free compost bin seems to be rat free. Compost sitting on top undisturbed and no signs of tunnelling works. So hopefully that problem has gone away.
The cuckoo pint and the celandines are up, although the latter are some way off flowering. Unlike the ones along the bottom of the stream banks along Longmead Road which have been in flower for a week or more. Furthermore, Longmead Road also sports some early dandelions, even the odd clock, the first I have seen this year. From which we deduce that the stream keeps the cold off a bit.
# posted by Jim @ 1:40 AM 
