Kalenji Parkour Trainers: Limited Stock Remaining - Reserve Yours Now!!!
For over a year, London based outdoor/sportswear shop, Decathalon has been selling a trainer called the Kalenji Success which quickly became popular within the parkour and freerun community. Many will argue Kalenji have achieved the holy grail of the perfect parkour shoe by making something that is durable, lightweight, cheap and outstanding grip on nearly all urban surfaces in wet and dry conditions.
However this is all due to change with the introduction of the 2009 edition of the Kalenji Success which is supposed to be 'improved' but is actually a downgrade in terms of the characterestics that made it a good trainer for parkour and freerunning. To address this issue, James from 3run contacted Decathalon and perswaded them to produce one last batch of the old design which they have agreed to do but the quantity they produce will depend on the interest expressed by the likes of you and I.
James has produced a short questionaire which can be found here http://www.3run.co.uk/forum/james/kalenji/ asking how many you would be prepared to buy and how much you'd pay. (Please bear in mind this is just for research and is not a commitment to buy.)
So if you want a chance to buy youself a pair of arguably the best freerunning & parkour trainers ever produced for under 20 quid then follow the link above and express your interest! As a rough idea, one pair will probably last you about 3 months before they start to deteriorate (Less of course if you train every day, longer if you dont train so often). Budgeting for a year ahead that would be 4 pairs at £10-12 each + postage so you're probably looking at a total of £60. Compare that to a single pair of nike air trainers which arent nearly so good and wont last much longer yet cost £60-£80 + postage and you can see why they Kalenji Success has proved so popular.