Sounds ok to me TBH, they do take some stick – soft rubber on steel pins…..

Get them resoled?

http://www.feetfirst.resoles.co.uk/mtb-cycling-shoe-repairs/

I have had a couple of pairs and I think tey have lasted very well, several years. The older pair is a bit tatty now, rubber coming away on top of the toes on one. Otherwise they are pretty well put together.

I get around 5-8 months out of mine before they split – get ’em from biketart when they are cheap and i don’t mind too much. Keep on meaning to get another pair of AM45s as they last a lot longer.

My Impacts were badly made tbh, low quality materials and just not very durable. They fell apart after one winter, like my Ba5ics did, the constant wetness just seemed to destroy them in half a dozen different ways.

But my Freeriders have surprised me, they’ve already lasted twice as long as either of those and they’re still in good shape. Don’t know if that’s just specific to that model or if they’ve upped their game across the board.

(OTOH if I’d been wearing Impacts this august I don’t think I’d have broken my toe in the alps!)

I can’t comment much on longevity but my Sombrios feel like a much more quality item, and after 6 months they’re still looking like new. But they’re hard to find now in sensible sizes, a real shame, they’re easily the best riding shoes I’ve had.

Sounds about right to me too, had my Sam Hills for 18 months and they’re just starting to look tatty having been used 2 times a week.
They’re so good I’d still be happy if I only got 6 months out of them.

my impacts have lasted over 5 years

most have been better in the old days

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