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  • JackmanJones

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    10 months ago 07/09/2025 9:30am EDT
    re: odetothepast

    odetothepast wrote:

    Makes you realize just how good guys like Pirie, Elliott, Snell etc were running in those things on sand tracks ...

    Shoes in that era were so bad that Abebe Bikila broke the world record barefoot.

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    Armstronglivs

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    10 months ago 07/09/2025 10:21am EDT
    re: Yanomami

    It's obvious; supershoes have motors in them - like some T de F bikes. Otherwise they would be just something you wear on your feet, as shoes usually are.

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    10 months ago 07/09/2025 1:05pm EDT
    re: Armstronglivs

    Armstronglivs wrote:

    It's obvious; supershoes have motors in them - like some T de F bikes. Otherwise they would be just something you wear on your feet, as shoes usually are.

    TDF bikes are light and aero dynamic. Running shoes maximized this before the super shoes . Super shoes assist foward propulsion, bikes do not

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