Has anyone that loved these shoes found a suitable replacement shoe. I have a lot of old ones but fear that they will not resole that well. I never have tried resoling them. I have been looking at the Muiras but they are not as stiff. I bought a pair of Vipers and they are great but there is so little rubber they wore out on the toe in a month which is why I am hesitant to buy Muiras.

Eric,

I'm facing the same dilemma as my newtons start to full apart. I've looked at the Muiras as well but I need more foot support than that. Right now I'm looking at the acopa aztec shoes.

I just brought a pair of skis so I won't be buying them until the new year. One of the great things about Acopa is that you can get different sizes so I can have a left size 8.5 and right size 9! The other thing is that you can email John Bachar with any questions you have!

Take a look at them.

http://www.acopausa.com/product.jsp?navigation=3&content=2

I also have the 5.10 Newtons which I purchased about five years ago. That said, I purchased the Muiras as a replacement. Although I like the Muiras, they are not the same. Try the Barracudas as I've heard good things about them. I've resoled my Newtons about 2-3 times per year and they're about to disintegrate. Too bad as they are/were a great shoe.

I just spent a day in some new 5.10 Verde's. Can't beat them. They climbed harder than I did.

I have a pair of 5.10 Newtons that I've been wanting to sell just haven't found the right person to purchase them. I haven't worn them that much but one shoe does need a new rand. They're U.S. size 10 and should be salvagable through resole/rerand. They've never fit my foot well, which is why they haven't seen much use.

If anyone is interested let me know. If not, I'll probably end up taking them into Goodwill or something.

if you guys want a really stiff shoe take a look at the acopa JBs.

All hail the Newton!! I've found nothing that fits and edges as well as these babies. Mine are about due for hopefully the first of many resoles....and when they finally die I'll pull my other brand new pair of the closet. [/spray]

Evolve will have a stiffer laceup version of the Pontas coming out soon, as long as you can stomach the day-glo color scheme.

The Newtons resole just fine - go for it!

As for a replacement, there might be shoes that fit and climb as well, but you will never find another shoe that smells like a Newton.

Have you considered the 5.10 Galileos? The website describes them as:

"...a stiff shoe and very supportive... It was supposed to be a Velcro replacement for the Newton, but somehow, the first samples were accidentally made on a new, high-performance last that Sang Lee had created. Our testers loved the combination of comfort with advance performance."

Admittedly, I have never used the Newton's so maybe I'm not qualified to respond to your post. :) I wear Miura's but am trying to find another type of shoe that is stiffer, performs well and is comfortable... These seem more comfortable than many others I've tried on.

I purchased my newtons in the late 90's. they were a great shoe at the time. I ended up purchasing them as I had a ground fall in garden of the gods and had bi-lateral calcaneal fractures(hot and stingy). after coming back from that accident in 97 I couldn't fit into my boreal vectors. they were great for many years but I found other shoes to do the job. mythos for crack climbing. vipers and anasazi's for sport, and trad masters for easy offwidth and all day comfort. after a while my newtons gave off a hell of a smell. I've tried to use the old newtons and I just can't figure out what kind of climbing they are really good at. I heard that they aren't selling them in the united states any more(only europe).

What's the big deal? Stinky shoes use to be a big badge of honor and carried serious clout within the climbing community.

Try the 5.10 Gambit. I was a big fan of the Newtons too--but the Gambit may even be better.

Curt

I got a pair of the V-Mile's and they are stiff as hell. I even fit them big for socks and they still perform very well. The only problem is the toe has that edging platform/cup thingy that won't let you smear your whole forefoot. Edge like crazy but smearing is very scary for me.

The V-Mile is the perfect shoe for those long edging routes at Red Rocks. Period.

Also, I have a pair of tighter Verde's that I like for harder stuff - and even they don't edge as well as my fit for socks V-Mile's...