Ridecamp: [RC] Ground Control shoes over time

  Hello list,

  I was wondering if anyone has been using these GC shoes
over any length of time and lots of miles?
 
  There have been reports from some very respected CTR
people, (Cheri Jeffcoat, Mary Anna Woods, Ken and Betty
Wolgram to name a few) that over time (3+ months) and lots
of conditioning miles the expansion and contraction of the
shoe causes the hoof wall to break out. They say that you
can see the wear pattern where the nail has worked within
the hoof and over time the stress of the nail moving seems
to cause the hoof wall to weaken and breakout. In some
cases the nail have actually sheared off.

   My GC shoes just arrived in the mail yesterday and now
I'm thinking about sending them back and just sticking with
regular steel shoes. I had such high hopes for these
shoes.....sigh...

Regards,
Penny
   

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