Comments on: Home Cobbling: Cutting the Heel off the Mizuno Ronin 2

By: matt

matt — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:22:05 +0000

so would you say a long knife blade thats very sharp would make a cleaner cut? Something like a high quality kitchen or bread knife? Or maybe even taking it to a woodshop and ask them to cut it withe their bandsaw ?

I cut the soles off an old pair of adidas climacools with a 3.5″ pocket knife, but it was hard to get a totally level plain.

Thanks

By: Peter Larson

Peter Larson — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:00:47 +0000

In reply to matt. It's not an ideal solution, but worked ok. You might be able to take them to a cobbler and have them do the job for you.

By: matt

matt — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 12:53:35 +0000

does a hacksaw give a clean cut? or wil it leave the sole grainy? I bought some adidas revenergy boost and they really screwed up my running. I cant afford another pair of shoes after paying $150, and need to modify these.

By: Pete Larson

Pete Larson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Andy Marx.

I was just winging it. Grabbed the hacksaw and went at it, turned out pretty well. Just bought a Dremel which may help with evening the cut sole out a bit. Either that or I'll wind up melting the foam from friction :)

By: Steve the ultraslowrunner

Steve the ultraslowrunner — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I have done this with a couple of my favorite shoes that I liked in all aspects other than the heel: Brooks Launch, Nike Free V2. I find that for my home cobbling an electric knife works really well, with the bread blade working better than the meat blade. I try not to do this around my wife though as she gets a little irritated. Happy cobbling!

By: Pete Larson

Pete Larson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Paul.

I use digital outside or C-calipers. Just added a link to the ones that I use on the top left column of the blog. Very handy as they pinch the sole from above and below.

By: briderdt

briderdt — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to Robert Osfield.

Lots of people on the Born to Run forum use Barge Cement to glue their various soles. Might be worth a try.

By: Josh Terwoord

Josh Terwoord — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I did pretty much the same thing with my combat boots while in the Air Force. I spent 12hrs a day in them, usually on my feet, and I figured going from a pretty high heel to a low drop racing flat for my runs would probably not be good for my calf/achilles/plantar fascia. I just hacked off the entire extended heel part (definitely less tricky than it would be with most running shoes) and I had zero-drop combat boots!

By: Manuel

Manuel — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Dear Pete,

I found a cobbler who did pretty much the same with my Wave Aero 8. It turned out that while running I could feel the wave plate pretty strong which stressed my calves. So I ditched them. However, the same cobbler zero dropped me a pair of Mizunos' Wave Harrier 3, and I have to say I love them for muddy trails where the Trail Glove is not the proper choice.

Good Luck for your first run in the Ronin!

Manuel

By: Flyboypr77

Flyboypr77 — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Looks cool. Same deal here, have a bunch of shoes collecting dust in my closet since I went the minimalist route, might have to give it a try.

By: DreVan Anderson

DreVan Anderson — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is Awesome! Exactly what I have been looking for! Since then have how has the running been?? I need a shoe with zero-drop but more support I run D1 and they always give us these shoes with so much heel drop...is kills me. Would you say this is applicable to basically any running shoe? Lastly, do you notice a huge difference from the modifications to the manufactured "zero-drops"

By: Marcus Forman

Marcus Forman — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is definitely the kind of thing you want to do alone, you can almost hear your wife busting your chops from here, asking questions like "Why would you do that, how much did you pay to cut them up, etc." To say nothing of the failed/attempted home improvement projects of the past that are continually mentinoed . . . or am I alone? :)