5 spikes or 8 spikes? (need quick advice) Deciding between Maxcat III and Powercat II

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          trackspeedboy on January 30, 2011 at 11:21 am #17351

          Always had spikes that had 8 spikes on the bottom… does it make any difference having 5? Thats how many the Maxcats have…

          I’m looking strictly at 100m performance (and 60m in indoor), very little importance for the 200…. (for me)

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          Matt Norquist on January 31, 2011 at 6:31 am #105116

          IMHO – Makes no difference. Is all about how the shoe feels. Whatever is more comfortable for you in terms of spike plate and fit – the number of spikes makes very little (if any) difference.

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          Craig Pickering on January 31, 2011 at 10:16 am #105121

          I had spikes that had 5 pins, and they were awesome!

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          oshikake@ymail.com on August 26, 2011 at 7:12 am #110163

          IMHO – Makes no difference. Is all about how the shoe feels. Whatever is more comfortable for you in terms of spike plate and fit – the number of spikes makes very little (if any) difference.

          Are you insinuating sprinters can don’t need spikes on the shoe at all?.

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          Mccabe on August 26, 2011 at 7:17 am #110165

          JC, how did you come to that conclusion from what Matt Wrote??

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          oshikake@ymail.com on August 26, 2011 at 7:48 am #110168

          JC, how did you come to that conclusion from what Matt Wrote??

          Stating; “the number of spikes makes very little (if any) difference”.

          “If any” seems to imply, none?.

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          Mccabe on August 26, 2011 at 7:51 am #110169

          You are either very dumb or looking for an argument, he quite clearly meant that there is little or no difference between 5 or 8 spikes in the shoe and that comfort is what makes the difference.

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