Sea Otter - 5.10 shoes by brule

76 Comments

Little-Ditty (May 14, 2009 at 1:41)

Great shoes, I own the hi-cut Impact and those shoes rock. The stealth soles provide awesome grip on flat pedals. It is the small circles that do it... the pedal pins sit inside the circle cracks - perfect!! The grippiest shoes ever. Best flat pedal shoes I have ever worn.

Brucethomson, that is the saddest, most uninformed comment I have read in a long time. I guess Sam and Nathan have no idea what they are doing also? Are you serious??

Themaninthenorth (May 14, 2009 at 5:15)

I can see those Nathan Rennie ones appearing in the clearance bin in the not too distant future! They look like the result of Michael Jackson in his Thriller gear, crashing his car into a special needs footwear store !!!

Thrillride (May 14, 2009 at 7:36)

yea but I can also see a "baller" type image going along with the rennies. I'm sure they will pick up somewhere lol

iamamodel (May 14, 2009 at 8:07)

I have three pairs of Impacts. One is usually used as a street shoe while it breaks in and then it gets used for riding. I can't imagine riding without a pair of 5.10s on my feet.

There's an old military saying "If it looks stupid and it works, it ain't stupid." Anyone that buys an inferior performing shoe because it LOOKS better deserves to have their feet slip off the pedals. Which will happen.

The only downside in my experience is using them for dirt jumping: sometimes you wanna jump off the pedals or take a foot off and it takes a little more effort than a skate shoe.

JokerMachine (May 14, 2009 at 2:44)

The Freerider model looks decent, the Rennie model looks like some ghetto-ass Nike basketball shoe. Karver looks ok. Sam Hill has nice colors but I sure as hell wouldn't want my shoes to say "Sam Hill" on them... that's just retarded.

dingus (May 14, 2009 at 11:08)

There is a plain black on too.

dbwho FL (May 14, 2009 at 3:31)

i love my new sam hill style 5.10 shoes, they are awesome and you cant compare them to any other shoe out there. The steahlt rubber kicks ass, and they are really comfortable - BUT to be honest they are still not good looking. Im a damn sneakernerd, and i wouldnt wear them to anything else than riding my bike. Dont get me wrong, they are great ! But why is it so hard for 5.10 to make some "cool looking" shoes ?!
... just my 2c

mpathic (May 14, 2009 at 6:52)

I haven't had much luck with 5.10's, I always have to glue them back together after riding in the wet. Lately I've been using construction adhesive which does the job. And the Impacts I have don't breathe at all. Maybe the new shoes are better, but if the sticky is what you're after, get a good pair of shoes re-soled by Stealth.

slcrockymountainrider (May 14, 2009 at 12:42)

I have a pair of standard black lowtop 5.10's from last year and recently bought a pair of the new Freeride model (gray/black without all the design mess). The Freeride model looks great, but no where near as comfortable as the other models like the Sam Hill, etc. I get the impression that they may have used a completely different last for the Freeride model as it fits quite a bit differently, especially in the toe box. The sizing is the same, just the fit and feel/comfort of the shoe is a bit off.

gwhite415 (May 14, 2009 at 9:02)

Uh...Uh.... I have never taken a public speaking class…Uh…Uh. I don’t understand why they don’t make clip in’s. Those Sam Hilll’s would be pretty sick with a like a crank brothers set up.

twingate (May 14, 2009 at 19:56)

I really hope they have improved on the internal material of the line. I have a pair of Freeride 2008 and they are far too airtight and sweaty, and take forever to dry out if they get wet.

fantaman (May 14, 2009 at 0:08)

i dig the Sam Hill 5.10's,those are sick shoes

rideayeti (May 14, 2009 at 9:33)

besides being sick shoes the work fantastic!

NorCalNomad (May 14, 2009 at 0:18)

Another Nor Cal company putting out super quality products.

There shoes in all the disciplines that they make are pretty much the best in those sports.

Bottom Line: Stealth Rubber Pwns

nightmareterror (May 14, 2009 at 6:08)

All about the Karver.. don't really like that their names are embedded in the heel but hey, to the enthusiasts they really aren't bad. I'd grab a pair for sure.

fullbug (May 14, 2009 at 7:07)

my impact lows planted on a pair of straitlines have been the best set up I've ever had. function over form for sure. the rennies are straight up bargain bin on sale in brooklyn in 1989. fugly

sk8erstrt (May 14, 2009 at 8:34)

those freeriders are pretty sick i wish they have a picture of the bottom of the shoe though i wanted to see if it was the same or not. and those rennies are GROOOOOSSSSSSSS

konaman937 (May 14, 2009 at 11:59)

What happened to the good looking five tens? Those are all hideous.

Anyone down for new designers?

konaman937 (May 14, 2009 at 20:19)

true that, i have the marzocchi bomber edition five tens and they burn my feet up. its hard to ride in them just because my feet get way too hott.

naptime FL (May 14, 2009 at 2:42)

i want a pair of karvers for more ankle protection but, they soooo damn ugly! the womens color way is nice!! LOL

JREh (May 14, 2009 at 14:09)

FUGLY. I'll stick with my Shimanos. What is it with athletic shoes and their complete lack of aesthetic design appeal?

jay-williamsonm9 (May 14, 2009 at 1:31)

i have the karver ones they are mint......

TheJackflasher (May 14, 2009 at 5:41)

What he said! I have a pair too and it feels like i'm wearing my SPD's!!

amajors (May 14, 2009 at 4:52)

got the karvers, had 5-10 before , they lasted for years!!! best shoes ever!!!!

bunkey (May 14, 2009 at 6:14)

Rennie Shoes: Can you say... Bondage?

kovacs2121 (May 14, 2009 at 10:17)

last i checked they only made them up to size 13.
does anyone know if you can get bigger sizes now? i wear a 14

kqmtb2006 (May 14, 2009 at 21:25)

gotta admit i hate the rennie ones lol

nouser (May 14, 2009 at 11:19)

nah the freeride ones get my vote

motoxrider913 (May 14, 2009 at 14:36)

they need to make bigger sizes!!!

Dk89 (May 15, 2009 at 2:10)

great shoes! I have the 5-10 impact 2 low...

whitetux (May 14, 2009 at 2:29)

Ive got some of the freeride ones being shipped in currently, i found all the other modles were and clumpy

janko-ritter (May 14, 2009 at 6:44)

Nathan's Rennie model looks very kinky

jv86416 (May 14, 2009 at 7:23)

they may work good but ill stick with my nike 6.0s until they make a shoe that doesn't look like a shoe a seven year old would find cool looking.

el2thewood (May 14, 2009 at 7:55)

make sure your gear matches and looking cool is way more important than actually riding on it.

brucethomson (May 14, 2009 at 9:00)

haha right on

mtnbker395 (May 14, 2009 at 9:16)

I love the women's shoe. they should make a guys in purp.

Canadmos FL (May 15, 2009 at 4:47)

I wish they had more SPD options.

cyberhawk (May 14, 2009 at 0:23)

only the bomber shoe's sucked.. (tongue)
and for brucethomson.. entire scotland is in special need

whitetux (May 14, 2009 at 2:29)

he is the one with special needs, the rest of us arent stupid like that

cyberhawk (May 14, 2009 at 5:00)

sorry youre right .. that was uncalled for..

chrispaulmtb (May 14, 2009 at 8:06)

and it would appear that half the downhillers in scotland are riding with 5.10s! and for a good reason! (the other half are clipped in)

louisbrown (May 14, 2009 at 15:57)

wow wow no need to insult an entire country! ohh and fuck you

cyberhawk (May 14, 2009 at 23:19)

and again a 15 year old kid

maybe i was right.. dont you get proper raising over there ?

dingus (May 15, 2009 at 4:41)

I think its just louisbrown's time of the month, he seems a little edgy...

cyberhawk (May 15, 2009 at 6:11)

ahh ok.. i have those days too

SOFME (May 15, 2009 at 22:50)

na fuck that... cyberhawk is right.... don't insult an intire country cuz one guy from that country is an idiot... its not fun, believe me.... just because there happened to be a dummy, cowboy as the poster boy for my flag doesn't mean we are all dumdums...

SOFME (May 15, 2009 at 22:52)

sorry typo... cyberhawk, your a jerk and louisbrown... your right.... now i just look stupid

cyberhawk (May 17, 2009 at 23:51)

well,yes...yes you do

and i allready made my apologies.. so.. but your forgiven i dont know why.. but it is a known fact that the usa always pop up during discussions..and war..around the world..

mind your own buissness

SOFME (May 18, 2009 at 2:19)

very true.... can't argue that aspect.... but if mined our own business all the time.... well you would be speaking german, not dutch... dispite what we seemed to have turned into, we do com from honorable past... it use to be one word that defined america, and its moral compass..."nuremburg".... now the word has changed to "gitmo".... however, i am still a firm believer that america does more good for the world, than bad. and you can't argue that.... no lol's, j/k, lmao's in this one bro.

cyberhawk (May 18, 2009 at 2:31)

OMG you're a trooper.. or should i say exspendable infantry ? discussion is pointless since you have a fixed view on your reality but hear this..
for one it is kinda sad to bring up the war were you did not participate in...
the reason why ww2 came so far is that nobody in europe gave a f*ck until it was too late !
just like now the war on terrorism and muslims (for me the same).. i cant help that i am living in pasifitic europe with a sad look on reality...
but dont go calling the usa good.. you have easy fire arm laws and we have legalised weed wanna trade ??

SOFME (May 21, 2009 at 3:44)

Ontbeerlijk? maybe to you... and no... not infantry, i'm a medic.... although i have spent enough time with them to know that they are far from expendable. infact i still have nightmares about how much we are not expendable..... seperate note, in all reality i would rather us have more stringent guns laws, and i think that legalisation and regulation of pot would be a good thing.... in your view it might be sad that i bring up a war that i wasn't in... but i aleast have respect for the men who gave it all for punks like you who have no respect for history... as for your "war against muslims" view, you should not try to get a different view than that from your couch reading anti-war blogs... maybe expand your views a bit... cnn.com, bbc.co.uk, and speigel.de are the ones i frequent.de (i read it in german btw)... also you shoudl take a trip to afghanistan or iraq when you get a chance. i've been there, spent about 18 months there, and it really gave me a sense of what was going on.... let me know how everything goes... if your too scared to go i understand, but you can message me, and i'll tell you all about it... peace be with you.

cyberhawk (May 22, 2009 at 0:40)

bla bla bla ..punks like me ?no respect for history.. if that was so why would i give a fok about the future were going to ? dumbass.. i aint no kid bud..
/?bla bla bla.. american indoctrination.. your getting killed over there.. !!! or dont you know as a medic..? and you have such a good care program for your soldier peeps AFTER the war dont yyou

(thannx for fighting

and fok you ! whos helping your buddies with the sleepy problems huh NO-1 )come on man give me a break,, that americans arent so smart okay.. but dont try to pretend the rest of the world doesn't know you arent.. ? ? (all the after effects on soldiers (chem weapons) of iraq went over the WORLD !!)
maybe you shoud have send a bom to afganistan and iraq.. instead of half your teenagers.. what will inervertable be the next fokked up generation over there..while half the country allready is going to hell
but dont get me wrong i am not a hater,. i feel sorry 4 u .. really i do, although it does not sound so nice in this context..

yeah bud.. we know !!

SOFME (May 22, 2009 at 23:23)

like i said... peace be with you.

sashamtbrider (May 14, 2009 at 4:57)

i like green ones

xoneka (May 15, 2009 at 11:35)

Cool

nicolai-helius-freerider (May 14, 2009 at 0:10)

bbbrrraaappp there amazing

Below threshold threads are hidden

11 38

brucethomson (May 14, 2009 at 0:13)

fuckin disgusting , only special needs wear them ..

dbabichuk (May 14, 2009 at 0:17)

Well I guess a lot of people are special needs then...

fantaman (May 14, 2009 at 1:01)

just because you find them disgusting doesn't mean nobody would buy them.

dingus (May 14, 2009 at 2:09)

If wanting grip is a special need then I guess thats why I bought mine...

12 1

tomo12377 FL (May 14, 2009 at 5:02)

I have a pair of the Karver's and granted it is the worst looking shoe in the world, but at the same time is the best performing flat pedal shoe in the world - the question is do you want a shoe to match your fake tan and hair extensions or do you want to pin it?

11 1

maximumradness (May 14, 2009 at 10:17)

when someone mentions special needs on a mountain bike forum ( that has terrible grammar and spelling and is full of peeps just spoutting off)) it reminds me that we are all special needs. thats why we dont just ride in our chuck taylors. thats why a bunch of the road f*cks wear lycra. its why those lil bmx homo's wear tight jeans, its why fixie riders wear their girls pants roled up to the stupid ankle tatto they just got, and its why god gave us knobby tires.
special needs? thats sorta the idea behind those reaaally gay clip in set ups,its the damned point of five ten making shoes that really could look cooler, but that happen to work better than any shoe anyone has ever ridden, and its sure as shit the reason that i just bought a six thousand dollar bike that only goes downhill, and a bunch of retarded moto inspired clothing that happens to be real comfortable when i am pinning it through the woods with a shit eating grin.....
specail needs?
thats me and every cyclist who's ever ripped the crap out of anything on a bike.
i just hate the crap outta red......

nouser (May 14, 2009 at 12:04)

couldnt agree more max.

pug5ley (May 14, 2009 at 13:58)

Well said Max!

mauudeavila (May 14, 2009 at 15:22)

Amen

brucethomson (May 14, 2009 at 22:58) (Below Threshold)

yada yada yada ...bored

3 11

apioqm (May 14, 2009 at 4:47) (Below Threshold)

No change of the color scheme for hills shoe?

m47h13u (May 14, 2009 at 5:26)

As far as everyone is concerned Hill is still racing with Monster Energy as his main sponsor so green is still the main colour on these shoes.

jptothetree (May 14, 2009 at 7:04)

That freeride model is sick!!

bikounet (May 14, 2009 at 7:35)

Sam Hill and Freeride are sick... Rennie are uggly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O_O

rexbikes (May 14, 2009 at 8:22)

yah i've got the impact lows..they're sick but sorta look like old guy shoes...I think that i will have to switch over to the freerider. they look sick

skierdud89 (May 14, 2009 at 13:23)

ya i have the freerider's. super comfy and they don't look like G-pa shoes lol

iamtrashman (May 14, 2009 at 17:09)

I have the basics, they are super light and great for pedal traction (think slimmed down freerider)

greaseball (May 15, 2009 at 18:14)

they should make the sam hill one in high top... i sprained my ankle 6-7 times and high tops are nice...

just a suggestion maybe its possible to make each shoe in high and low top versions

skierdud89 (May 16, 2009 at 21:12)

good suggestion but then they wouldn't be pro models... sam hill rides low tops and nathan rennie rides high tops

greaseball (May 17, 2009 at 22:02)

still would be cool...