there is nothing new and cool in the world of trainers for men
here are the rules for buying trainers:

1. comfortable
2. £25 or below (usually from TK Maxx or online)
3. Not white
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:21, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

£25 or under
no way! trainers are one thing I will spend a lot of cash on. Agree with points 1 and 3 though.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I'll stretch to £40 for a decent pair of skate shoes
But yes, never ever white.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I wear skate shoes almost exclusively
and have had no end of decent pairs of duffs and etnies etc. from TK Maxx for no more than £25.

I go through shoes way too fast to be able to afford even close to full price.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:24, Reply)

I am the same as you but I have a few cheap pairs for
outdoor activities but then will spend about 60 - 100 sheets on a nice pair for socialising and what not.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:25, Reply)

No TK Maxx near me
And they generally have shit shoes in a size 10 when I do get to one. There's a place in Birmingham (The Oasis Centre) with a few independant skate clothes stalls, they tend to flog them a bit cheap.
I always wear the backs down on skate shoes...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:27, Reply)

the internet is an excellent resource.
I've had skate shoes for £14 before.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:29, Reply)

There are loads of ebay shops that sell BNIB skate shoes dirt cheap

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

this is true
I've never found anything in my size that wasn't nasty when I've been looking though.

bad timing I suspect
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:33, Reply)

I bought some awesome vans last year for £8.75
Then I lost them...
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:36, Reply)

that sucks
I don't have enough shoes to be able to lose any
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:38, Reply)

Are you sure that's not RNIB?

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Royal National Institute of Bastards?

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

Lifetime-membership five!

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

Because of your mongwalk?

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Because I never unlace them
Just mash my feet into them when putting them on.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)

mong

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

When I bought my new Converse I got my friends to step on me until the white bits were less white

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:25, Reply)

heathen

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:27, Reply)

Chav.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

of all the things you have called me this is the only time I've taken offence.
I am not a fucking chav. I just don't like seeing new shoes get scuffed on purpose.
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:32, Reply)

I was actually gutted
When coming back from a night on the piss in the O2 academy in Bristol my shiny white and red converse were covered in Club Ick.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:28, Reply)

When I told my friends to start scuffing them up
most of them agreed that it needed doing, but one of them was all "I can't believe you're doing that, I would cry if that happened"
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)

I like them a bit scuffed
But not covered in Club Ick. I'll wash 'em when I can be arsed.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:44, Reply)

It's essential with Converse.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:30, Reply)

Vipros has hit the nail on the head
Designer trainers are a waste of money.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 5 Oct 2010, 10:31, Reply)