Forget the literary overreach by Brooks on the technical aspects of this shoe. The ecstasy exceeds the utility. Just wear the shoe. It’s a very good update of the Glycerin line.
by Dan Empfield, September 26, 2011
Saucony came to the market with the now very successful Kinvara, and yet again with the Mirage. The Hattori is about as far as Saucony is willing to go toward Vibram’s Five Finger, and that’s pretty darned far.
This year’s Felt superbike was superpriced. Next year’s is super duper priced, if you want electronic shifting. But there’s a Dura Acey version of it that’s nicely priced, the DA4, showing up in September.
This shoe snuck up on me. I didn’t see it coming. It doesn’t only look good, it has a great fit and that’s not the end of it. Tim DeBoom inspired this shoe, and the result is solid.
Cameron Dye recorded the fastest bike split at Rev3 in Knoxville aboard his Kestrel 4000S and has been setting the pace at quite a few events now.
If you’re thinking about electronic shifting, there are few bikes designed with forethought, and executed with precision, with Shimano Di2 in mind. The Speed Concept 9.9 is one such bike.
Jordan Rapp built up his Specialized Shiv just before the 2011 Avia Wildlower Triathlon and we had a closer look at his setup. As a bonus, Jordan also did a video walk-through.
Enjoy this closer look at the Cannondale Slice High Modulus of Austrian Pro Michael Weiss, with quite a few pics and lots of details.
German Pro Sebastian Kienle is currently racing in the USA and we had a chance to look closer at his Scott Plasma 3.
Sidi’s carbon-soled T2 Silver Snake. You can debate about the silver snakeskin upper on this wider-than-average Sidi, but I kind of liked it. It makes a statement.
My first run in this shoe was a 5k road race. I liked these shoes a lot right from the gun. But it wasn’t until about two miles into that race‚ on the descent‚ that I fell in love.
If you want your legs to feel as fresh at 8, or 15, or 22 miles into your run as they feel during the first few miles, you need your shoe to reduce the accumulated damage done. This is that shoe.
Let’s break “barefoot” running down into its constituent parts. Is it a techology or a technique? Or both? Today, we’re looking at the question of shoe height.