New Adidas 4.5 oz shoe with same heel/toe heights as Adios

Wow $200.00.

Little out of my range, and too expensive just to try them.

Discussion

1) 4.5 ounces for a boost road shoe? That is lighter than their boost track spikes which are posted at 5 ounces. Not a chance.

2) knitted uppers never worked for me as they are just too stretchy

3) the tongue construction is really weird. It doesn't actually have a tongue so when you want to actually lace it up snug on your foot it all bunches up.

But good luck in your 10k. At least you will look fancy!

Adidas charges $80 more for "Parley." Love Adidas but refuse to pay for some ocean plastic campaign. Donate to environmental causes on your own. Highly doubt this money is going to an environmental cause.

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1. I didn't say that I bought them. I wouldn't pay $200 for them (and I'm also not running a 10k anytime soon... But thanks for assuming all those things).

2. You're wrong about the weight. Check the link- the weight is listed at 4.5 oz on the Adidas website.. So yes lighter than the spikes that you mention (assuming that you aren't wrong about that weight too).

(Even their "sub 2" shoe that Kipsang wore in Tokyo they said was ~150g (5.3 oz), so 4.5 oz doesn't seem unreasonable for this).

I do agree with your concerns regarding the upper.

slo-twitch wrote:

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1. I didn't say that I bought them. I wouldn't pay $200 for them (and I'm also not running a 10k anytime soon... But thanks for assuming all those things).

2. You're wrong about the weight. Check the link- the weight is listed at 4.5 oz on the Adidas website.. So yes lighter than the spikes that you mention (assuming that you aren't wrong about that weight too).

(Even their "sub 2" shoe that Kipsang wore in Tokyo they said was ~150g (5.3 oz), so 4.5 oz doesn't seem unreasonable for this).

I do agree with your concerns regarding the upper.

I was just going to say never trust the listed weight, I went on a shoe buying binge last year, many shoes are heavier than the listed weight, though I'm about an 11.

Anyone know what happened to the Adidas sub 2 shoe? I wonder whether Adidas scrapped it because this has arrived from nowhere. I tried on the Adios 3 the other day but thought that they were too unpadded for a sore runner and the Parley does look more like it but $200 is too expensive.

slo-twitch wrote:

I understand 10mm drop is a bit much for some folks. but for those who already like Adidas Boston/Adios boost, this looks like a great 10k shoe.

Um, ever heard of the Takumi Sen?

I didn't say you were wrong reporting them at 4.5oz (because I looked to and saw that) - adidas is not listing this correctly. Unless it is a different boost material then there is no way this shoe is lighter than the Avanti which has a track upper and super thin boost cushioning. Adidas has advertised this falsely.

Also for the sub 2 the shoe did use a different boost type I read. Maybe this shoe has it too but I didn't see listed in the description. Adidas got it wrong.

Takumi Sen is 35% heavier with 6mm drop vs 10. Interested to see the Sub 2 release. Maybe this Prime Paltry also uses the Boost light material.

Can we get an Adidas rep to confirm whether this is the real weight of the shoe? It seems VERY light.

The listed weight is typically based on around a size 9. also ADIDAS- what's up with SUB 2 shoe? The world is waiting.

If the shoe is designed to be lightweight with low cushioning, then wouldn't it be more reasonable to have more cushioning where the runner IMPACTS THE GROUND? I really don't understand why there is always so much cushion in the heel and so little in the forefoot. One of my old support shoes weighed 9oz, but had so little cushioning in the forefoot that it felt like I was in racing flats when I was touching the ground.

10mm of drop actually sounds stupid for a 4.5oz shoe.

questionable? wrote:

If the shoe is designed to be lightweight with low cushioning, then wouldn't it be more reasonable to have more cushioning where the runner IMPACTS THE GROUND?

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10mm of drop actually sounds stupid for a 4.5oz shoe.

Yes. Adidas, please make a light, zero drop version of the Takumi Sen. Mizuno Wave Universe 5 weight with Takumi Sen bounce in a flat shoe.

Oh, and I'll have an Altra forefoot width with that. Thanks.

zero drop tekmui sen with no heel counter,a wider forefoot and a lighter would be THE perfect shoe

WvN was promoting this in London a couple of days ago. It was on his Twitter account.

Guys, drop the whole hijacking the thread with the no-drop talk. Many runners like the Adios (and also the Bostons). It seems perhaps questionable that this new shoe supposedly has a similar amount of cushioning at such a light weight.

7.8 oz...according to RW. 0.1 oz lighter than Adios, $60 more expensive.

http://www.runningwarehouse.com/adidas_adizero_prime_Parley_Unisex_Shoes_Blunt_Eneaqu/descpage-AAPUPA.html

The Adizero PR was one of the best shoes ever made. It's too bad they discontinued it and replaced it with the junk they are putting out now.

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

WvN was promoting this in London a couple of days ago. It was on his Twitter account.

I wonder whether Adidas has chickened out of releasing their sub 2 boast shoe and this is the replacement.