The climbing shoes are those shoes, which are specially designed for climbing on rock. They have close fitting and padding effect, which provide cozy feeling to the feet. They are designed with sticky rubber with an extended rubber rand. The extended rubber rand makes your walking easy while climbing.
These days climbing shoes are crafted with the pattern of multi-piece, which prevent ones feet from jerks. The first layer of the climbing shoes is leather, then the other layers are designed with the material of synthetic leather and the different kinds of fabric. The special rubbers are used in making climbing shoes.
Generally, manufacturer use to design shoes with the downward pointed toe box. The downward pointed toe box provide the capability to stand on the small holes and pockets. These shoes are enough strong, that they can run long after two or three repairing. The two repair that are available in the market is the half climbing shoe resole and the rand repair.
Types of repair
- Half resole
In this type of repair, half of the sticky rubber sole is removed from the climbing shoes and the old rubber sole is replaced by the brand new sole. This brings the worn and sharp edges of the shoes. The best part of this repair is, you get the original and new look to your climbing old shoes.
- The Rand repair
The second form of repair is Rand repair. In this form of repair, the thin covering of the rubber is given to the shoes. The old rubber are removed from the toe and slice of new rubber is placed on the old the removed rubber. This makes climbing shoe resole with the thin layer of brand new rubber. This makes your shoes again ready for hooking. The brand new rubber of your shoes is able to protect your toes from heavy jerks.
When do you need a repair?
It is really important to judge the perfect condition of your shoes. According to the condition of the shoes, you can apply repairing of the shoes. The shoes with fresh sticky rubber and crip edge are the look of your brand new climbing shoes. When the shoes are worn out to the full thickness of the rubber and the thickness of the sole come to end.
