One sentence speaks volumes, that fracas in London, and, just maybe, I should reconsider a folding bike...
A reader wrote the other day and referred to Boat Bits as an "anti-gear blog" which I find somewhat happy making... Though, truth be told, I don't think it is quite accurate as we actually like good gear. We simply do not trust the marine industry further than I can carry a Westsail 32 up a hill on my back.
There is a difference...
Speaking of gear though, I'd like to mention that Teva is now on my "will buy only on my next ice-climbing vacation in Hades" list. The reason for their inclusion is that I just had two pairs of very lightly used Teva's (Hurricane sandals and Churn water shoes) delaminate... and by delaminate I mean failure of almost all glue joints!
Now, here's a thought if you are going to sell sandals for $50 and water shoes for $80 or so that are glued together you might consider using glue that lasts more than a couple of months!
Just for the record, I also have a pair of Nike sandals whose soles came off less than a week after buying them and my last two pairs of Columbia Sportswear sandals both failed in the same way... I think I detect a bit of an industry trend!
Of course, I'll be able to glue the soles and various bits back on the Teva's with half a tube of 5200 and a lot of swearing, but when you pay this kind of money for shoes you really should not have to...
Ya think?
Listening to the Lovin Spoonful
So it goes
Over Jammer
4 days ago
