The Vegan Thread

Vegan Protein Extreme - Chocolate silk. I've not tried any other flavours.

Hope it works for you, it may, of course just be my peculiar taste. :)

I have little taste memory of egg mayonnaise, having last eaten it about 26 years ago.

I’ve just learned that TPW have a referral scheme should you be thinking about ordering from them. I get £10 worth of points and you get 250g free protein.

My code is SH1238309

Any recent developments in who's making decent vegan trainers or resources which collate what trainers are vegan? Apart from Onitsuka Tiger.

Superga have done a sustainable version of there canvas trainer.

I know it’s a paradigm shift and not everyone’s cup of tea, but vivobarefoot have a pretty wide selection, that constantly changes depending on the season.

Once you get used to barefoot shoes there’s no going back though.

And you can get 20% off your first pair with the code LM20.

Last Resort AB are making vegan skater owned skate shoes (VM001 Canvas) if simple vulc soles shoes are your thing. Available at skate shops (Palomino, Slam etc)

https://www.sayebrand.com/ seem to do some interesting stuff, transparent about their materials and do some reforestation. Not fully vegan though, they do some leather ones

If you like barefoot styles, look at http://www.freetbarefoot.com as well, generally cheaper and in my opinion more comfy than vivo.

Adidas do a lot of their classic trainers vegan now

I've bought from Will's Vegan Shoes in the past which have some ~~casual trainers, otherwise I tend to get suede-free NB 574s. I don't know of a curated/collated list, though. That'd be handy

Thanks for various recommendations for shoes. It's a bit of a minefield. I was looking to buy some Merrell sandals (Kahuna 3), which I've bought before. The site I found had them listed as 'pig suede upper', but the Merrell site has them specifically listed in the vegan section.

Here's an example - Onitsuka Tiger have long been seen as a vegan shoe, but the info is really confused/confusing:

vegankicks says Onitsuka Tiger are vegan (2019 post): https://www.vegankicks.com/asics-vegan-shoes/

topveganshoes says Onitsuka Tiger aren't vegan (2021 post, v badly-written) and says that they have removed any reference to them being vegan: https://www.topveganshoes.com/asics-vegan-shoes/

Onitsuka Tiger has its own vegan section (current, v badly-written): https://www.onitsukatiger.com/gb/en-gb/vegan/c/ot94000000/

Easy solution is to buy from a dedicated vegan company, but unfortunately, most of their shoes look like shit.

Steer clear of Vegan DMs, horribly uncomfortable & overpriced!

What about Novesta?
https://www.urbanindustry.co.uk/search?q=Novesta

Anyone up for a houseshare?

Vegan + cyclist would be my dream combo of housemate (s) - Budget around £700 i dont really mind where I live in london but have been SE for nearlly 10 years now - kinda like it here - have a few bikes (who doesnt)? a desk and lots of herbs and spices. DM me if anyone / anyone you know is in the same boat. I'd be wlling to fork out for a nicer place.

They take a while to break in but are comfy once they do. In my experience anyway. Can't really argue that they aren't expensive though! I've got a mate who used to let me use his staff discount when he worked for them, I'm not sure I could bring myself to pay full price.

They destroyed my feet once when I wore thin socks; after that my patience ran out trying to break them in!

That's fair enough, it does take a while!

Just realised I knew this and had a pair in the back of the wardrobe I bought a couple of years ago and forgot about! (they're yellow, I bought them in autumn and forgot about them when spring came around)

Went to a National Trust place yesterday that actually had vegan options so I had a massive bit of chocolate fudge cake

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wow. National Trust. Vegan options. never thought id hear the day!

Yeah mental, this was at Flatford Mill. Today I was at RSPB Minsmere, they had quite a few vegan options too both sweet and savoury.

Banzai Bikes in Mildmay Grove North are opening a vegan café on the premises soon.

Nice!