Am I the only one here who thinks that R&R is as over-rated as "One Night in Paris" Both get the job done but better can certainly be had.

John, where do you send your shoes??? Are we missing the golden child here??

Yosemite Bum for me. Despite what teh intarnetz says, the Trax rubber is every bit as good anything on the market. Better in most cases. They REPLACE rands. That bullshit toe cap stuff works for climbing walls and easy sport routes. They are Evolve. Your shoes, regardless of brand come back as if they came from a shoe factory, not some glue huffer in north boulder. They also listen and follow specific or custom instructions very well. I specifically told the guys at R&R that I would be upside-motherfucking-down in my shoes and that any patch would peel the first time I wore them. They didn't believe me, told me to trust their work, and the patch peeled the first I used them. Have I mentioned delaminating yet? The overall attitude of R&R is exactly what I would expect of a popular resole shop in Boulder. Smile and nod when getting instructions but not following them because most of the time the customer will never know the difference. I know how to resole shoes myself, I even have the tools. I am confident in my ability to produce resoles with toe patches that are 95% of what R&R can do. I send my stuff to Yosemite Bum because their work is so vastly superior, the same price (shipping is pretty standard unless you live next to a resoler), and well worth the 2-3 week turnover. And I mean WELL worth it. Don't take my word for it, my footwork is so perfect that shoes last me for 7 years on average.