Megasack Giveaway Day 2: Shimano GF800 Gore Tex Shoes

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It’s the second day of our Megasack giveaway. Are you excited? You should be! Going in the sack today, we have…

Shimano GF800 Gore Tex shoes

Goretex trail shoes for flat pedal riders! Or, shoes with a waterproof sock built in? Or boots? These have a stretchy waterproof ankle built into them, with BOA fastener, and waterproof lace cover – all of which should keep your tootsies toasty on splashy days.

The BOA has a little bash guard built around it, for a little extra protection from rock strikes – although of course BOA fasteners are fully rebuildable should you need to give yours a little TLC. There’s a decent amount of protection around the toe box for your toes too, and the last is designed to give you the room needed for walking and pushing as well as pedalling.

The Ultread sole is designed to be sticky even at low temperatures, and tucked away inside it is a Torbal 2.0 torsional plate, which keeps the sole stiff enough for pedalling, but leaves enough flex at the edges to make sure you have good grip and pedal feel. There’s also an EVA sole in there to helps prevent fatigue and absorb impacts.

Want these? Of course you do! So watch this video:

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Anyone with a login to Singletrackworld can enter the daily prize draws. But free accounts can only submit one entry to the Megasack prize draws. Paying subscribers can enter twice. Because you are rad.

All users will need to log into singletrackworld.com to reveal the question (the question is hidden until you log in) to enter every day’s Megasack prize draw. You’re name will also go into The Very Big Hat to have a chance of winning The Megasack AKA one of EVERYTHING given away in the daily draws.

Subscribers Always Get More!

If you’re a Subscriber to Singletrackworld, you’ll see the question (which you have to answer correctly!), but you’ll also get a box to tick to ‘double your entry’. Only paying subscribers will be able to see that box. Don’t forget to click it!

Small Print Stuff

We can only post prizes to a UK address. One entry per person (unless you’re a Subscriber, in which case tick the box and we’ll double it). Vexatious multiple entries will be disqualified.

Today’s question

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  • Megasack Giveaway Day 2: Shimano GF800 Gore Tex Shoes
  • oldfart
    Full Member

    Uh oh don’t you know it’s bad luck to put new shoes on the table ! 🥺🥺🥺

    Not an old wives tale , it’s a fact ! 🤔

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    tthew
    Full Member

    Not an old wives tale , it’s a fact ! 🤔

    Can confirm, it gives you a sore ear.

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    sparkyrhino
    Full Member

    Happy spannering Ossify.

    Always thought GTX was an abbreviation of Gortex too,They look goppin (not as goppin as the rrp) but wouldn’t say no to winning a pair .

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    cheekysprocket
    Full Member

    I love how I’m the only mountain biker and STW member in our household, but somehow the Megasack ditty and Darth Vader-esque voiceover are already inextricably associated with our Christmas.  It’s often Mrs CS who reminds me to do my Megasack entry for the day. I’m even not working this Christmas, for the first time in living memory – I’m already a winner! 🤣

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    AlexSimon
    Full Member

    Amazing prize @ossify – enjoy!

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    ossify
    Full Member

    I came here to comment without looking at the winner, saw the above posts and WAIT WHAT

    *speechless*

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    ossify
    Full Member

    Before it sinks in and my brain melts into a puddle, I’ll ask the question I came here to ask:

    How do we answer questions like this?  Is there an expected format? Is it read by human? AI?
    eg say that shoe weighs 950g, we could answer:
    950
    950g
    950 g
    950 grams
    950 grammes
    0.95kg
    etc…

    *brain melts into a puddle*

    martinhutch
    Full Member

    They won’t let you win two days on the trot, will they?

    Would have thought number + g would be fine.

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    Mark
    Full Member

    I’m sole Judge Judy and executioner so you could, at a stretch say there’s a human intelligence behind it 🙂

    The way it works is I use random.org to pick a number from the list of entries. I then check that entry has the right answer. If they don’t I pick again.

    aide
    Full Member

    Well done Ossify, great prize to win. I just put the numbers in for the answer, hope Mark accepts this (if my number randomly appears)

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    Mark
    Full Member

    Don’t worry. I’m not judging anyone on spellings 🙂

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    somafunk
    Full Member

    How do we answer questions like this?

    You could really **** with marks head by expressing the correct weight in ounces, or dependant on geographical location the weight can vary – was the shoe measured at sea level?, how far from the equator was the shoe measured?. We all know Hebdon bridge is a “special” place – does it have its own specific gravitational field?.

    nickc
    Full Member

    Amazing prize @ossify, enjoy! 😃

    MadBillMcMad
    Full Member

    @ossify putting my pedantic hat on, it must be the first as he doesn’t specify the units!

     

    Congrats by the way, well jealous

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    slackboy
    Full Member

    I’m glad that a (active) full member has won the first prize!

    ayjaydoubleyou
    Full Member

    I’m sole Judge Judy and executioner so you could, at a stretch say there’s a human intelligence behind it 🙂

    The way it works is I use random.org to pick a number from the list of entries. I then check that entry has the right answer. If they don’t I pick again.

    I googled Friday’s answer to make sure I was spelling it right. But good to know.

    blokeuptheroad
    Full Member

    Happy spannering Ossify

    Congratulations! Out of interest, where does it say who’s won each day’s prize?

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    reeksy
    Full Member

    On the internet.

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    blokeuptheroad
    Full Member

    On the internet.

    Thanks for that. There was me thinking it gets announced by the Todmorden town crier.

    Northwind
    Full Member

    PS “last” is from old german and means “footprint” or “foot trail”

    enduromatt
    Full Member

    Well done @ossify! What a great prize,

    would have loved to win that.

    dyna-ti
    Full Member

    Well done Ossify, what an amazing prize. Unior too, top stuff.

    The best of luck to everyone 😀

    Hope im in luck on those shoes, thought I’d lost my big toe the other day(the day of the snow). Got in from riding and it was so numb i was scared to look 😆

    reeksy
    Full Member

    There was me thinking it gets announced by the Todmorden town crier.

    Weird. I didn’t know there was one. But the internet told me there was a vote at Council in 2021 on the matter.

     

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