Adidas Adizero PR and Nike Streak XC love

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9 years ago 08/28/2014 8:56am EDT

The Adidas Adizero PR was my favorite racing shoe of all time, but the brains at Adidas killed it years ago. What did other lovers of this shoe find themselves transitioning into? I still have one last well-loved and well-worn pair in the closet, but I'm afraid to race in them anything longer than maybe a road mile. There's not much left of them.

Similarly, the Streak XCs were my favorite training shoe of all time. I stockpiled a bunch and am slowly killing my final pair, dreading the day when they die and I have no good shoes left to run in... :-( What have former Streak XC junkies found themselves running in?

Painfully grieving the impending eternal death of my favorite shoes, and wishing harm to the shoe company functionaries who abandoned them. :-)

9 years ago 08/28/2014 9:04am EDT

re: old dude from way back

I loved the PR too, although it did cause a posterior tendon problem that's stuck with me since 2008. Why the hell did they get rid of it?

I moved from the Streak XC to the Streak LT. Virtually the same shoe as the XC.

9 years ago 09/03/2014 1:45am EDT

re: old dude from way back

Old Dude From Way Back -

We all loved the PR. We never want to discontinue shoes like this ourselves. Unfortunately, the demand for a shoe that weighs under 5 ounces isn't high. In order to keep shoes like this around we need retail to actually stock it. Hope this makes sense.

9 years ago 09/03/2014 8:50am EDT

re: adidas product team

adidas product team wrote:
Old Dude From Way Back -
We all loved the PR. We never want to discontinue shoes like this ourselves. Unfortunately, the demand for a shoe that weighs under 5 ounces isn't high. In order to keep shoes like this around we need retail to actually stock it. Hope this makes sense.

In the age of Internet sales, why would you need retailers to stock a shoe? There are all sorts of niche products available on line now that are not sold by brick and mortar shops. Mizuno has been selling the Wave Universe for some years now, New Balance is doing the same with the Road Minimus and Asics replaced the Pirannha, a shoe originally much like the PR, with the Blazing Fast. (Old Dude From Way Back, those are shoes that I found most like the PR.) If other companies have found a market for these sorts of shoes why can't adidas?

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