Adidas answer to the Nike 4% dropping NOW

fsgal wrote:

I ordered some through the regular old US Adidas website over a month ago (9/14). No raffle or anything. Not sure what you’re talking about?

You got original cloud whites last month, probably.

OP is talking about the new signal pinks that just dropped.

I want to remind the Nike fanbois again that the Marathon record was held for many years by the Adizero Adios. And that Nike stood from 2015-2018 without an answer to boost.

Also, the Adizero Prime SP is right now king of the spikes, with everyone on my track wearing it for meets. 200€ worth of plate right there. But of course Track and field is not a thing in these forums it seems.

Many of you are once again blinded by the hype. Nike is and will always be an inferior brand, they just have an easy market to please.

Pretty sure the new Nike spikes just trampled some WRs. Get in the game man.

Adioz wrote:

fsgal wrote:

I ordered some through the regular old US Adidas website over a month ago (9/14). No raffle or anything. Not sure what you’re talking about?

You got original cloud whites last month, probably.

OP is talking about the new signal pinks that just dropped.

No he probably didn’t. They released the “dream mile” colorway on 9/14. Maybe it was only to their “creators club” members, but it’s free to sign up for the that (it’s just their email list/reward system). They sold out quick but I got a pair (in the pink “dream mile” colorway which was the only color released that day) by monitoring the site closely that morning. This is the first restock and they have advertised it as restock (at least to creators club members).

To the other folks harping on the weight. I used to be you. Thinking the weight of a racing flat and spike was the biggest factor in making it a great shoe. I have learned over the years that the difference between a mid 6 oz-8 oz racing is minuscule and isn’t as important as finding the right shoe that works for you at that time. I ran one of my slowest marathons in the 4%s (6 minutes slower than I did in the adios 3s in my previous marathon) after one of my strongest training cycles. They are a great shoe (4%, next %, etc) that I have run some good workouts, 5ks, and 10ks in, but I have found they just are not right for me in races over 10 miles.

I’m excited about the adios pros because I find them firmer and more stable than the 4%s with the similar bounce/responsiveness we know from the other shoes. I wore them in a solo 8k time trial and they felt fast and all around fantastic (for me). I’m eager to see how they do for me over longer distances.

Why the bizarre debate about whether or not these are new? There are posters who have them. Unless they ordered, received, and ran in them in 1 day, they are not new. Seth Demoore had them 2 months ago. No, let me rephrase. He had them long enough that he reviewed them. He's on an accelerated list, of course, but there are people here who had to pay that have had them for a month. The best shoe ever? The worst shoe ever? Whatever you think, this did not 'come out' day before yesterday.

Pandemonium135 wrote: Nike is and will always be an inferior brand, they just have an easy market to please.

And someone should remind you that Nike are now twice as big as adidas despite at one point being a start-up when adidas was the industry behemoth by a mile.

Adidas didn't dominate the marathon because of product - they did because of talent on the roster with Geb and then a bunch of Kenyans that worked out for them.

The test of inferior/superior product isn't at the elite of the elite level it's the impact on the masses. Boost never made anyone legit run faster like the 4/next/Alpha% has.

That isn't the mark of an inferior brand

In returned mine after 50klm. You can see where the outside ROD is starting to poke through the foam. These are not very good , just like the Jarod ward saucony clunkers .

The first and second womam of the World Half were wering them, it appears.

It looks like Adidas destroyed Nike today at the Half Marathon. 1 Gold 2 silvers vs 1 Gold 2 bronzes. Were are the fanbois now?

casual foam compression demo between the adios pro lightstrike and various nike

is the future of shoes to be like house-slippers (imagine an elite race in all the same house-slippers)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSEp_W60VJ8&start=220

My first running was promising. They fit great, as good as Nike which fits my feet the best. Upper is great no real slip, true to size with other brands at 11.5. Feels like big ass slab under foot and you feel the rods as a rocker of sorts. These puppies are stiff, like next % stiff. Not as marshmallow feeling, a bit more muted but very bouncy.

Note I am. 175lb and mad heel striker so not a light guy.

Much better than boost and I think they will break in over time. Outsole seems durable though the uneven heel is interesting as I tend to heel strike on the low end of the slant (over pronate)

Oh yeah, unstable on hells on anything but flat pavement.