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[QUOTE="timr, post: 1152322, member: 5237"] . Interesting. I bought very expensive shoes of a well known brand for my VF, a direct like-for-like replacement for my earlier ones which I had found terrific. And they were perfect to wear straight out of the box. But they only lasted 1000km - the sole of one of them wore down, in a way that has never happened with any other shoes, before or since. I think it was defective, and if I had been at home would have returned them to the maker, but inevitably in Pavia I threw them away. Decathlon (which again I say, i love) is sightly the 'cheap and cheerful' end of the market, with a wide range of own brand stuff - Quechua. But the quality is fine. They are great for running kit and generally clothing and rain gear. I tried on several and couldn't easily decide but one of them (not own brand) had my own surname (Redmond) as its model name. Not sure why, It is a town in Oregon, the state where Columbia Sportswear is based. There is one in Washington State too. Anyway I decided 'this was a sign'! :eek: Still today they are €69 on Italian Decathlon. They cost less than a third of the shoes I had thrown away. And I put them on and carried on and they were fine immediately and I carried on walking to Rome and was still wearing them when I got to Brindisi and then they saw me through Albania, North Macedonia and Greece. And then they fell apart. I have tended to believe you get what you pay for. But it has made me seriously wonder about paying a huge amount for shoes...... I have to say the most recent shoes I bought were more expensive. As i get older I do believe in paying a little for comfort. But for shoes bought 'on the hoof' (sorry) my namesake shoes were great. [/QUOTE]
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