I've had it with Nike - between Armstrong, now NOP, etc. Fact is, they make awesome shoes but money talks and they don't have enough interest in having a clean sport.
But is there a shoe company that has taken a strong stance and is serious about anti-doping? Making sure they only sponsor clean athletes? Or are they all the same?
Not buying Nike shoes anymore - which company then?
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Hoka One One. Gave the people's champ and silver medalist, Manzano, a contract when others bizarrely would not. Not associated with doping/dopers. Good shoes.
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Which company wrote:
I've had it with Nike - between Armstrong, now NOP, etc. Fact is, they make awesome shoes but money talks and they don't have enough interest in having a clean sport.
But is there a shoe company that has taken a strong stance and is serious about anti-doping? Making sure they only sponsor clean athletes? Or are they all the same?
Brooks, easy -
Sketchers
Brooks
Asics -
Skechers
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Saucony. They have clauses in their athletes contracts which require complete repayment of all earnings if they ever test positive.
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Adidas easily has the best trainers/flats.
Bostons or Adios to train in, Hagios for speedwork and tempos. They're light, durable as hell, and seem to have the lowest injury correlation from the people I have trained with. -
Baconn wrote:
Adidas easily has the best trainers/flats.
Bostons or Adios to train in, Hagios for speedwork and tempos. They're light, durable as hell, and seem to have the lowest injury correlation from the people I have trained with.
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Stick with Nike. Do it for the kids in China.
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Yea try FutureShoes. Not sure they deliver to the year 2015 . In the meantime invest in your shoe collection for quality, craftsmanship and function, not for hype fashion or getting girls. Really it's about ideology and here in the future we have a great un corrupted media . So anyways you guys create a good brand first cause that's rarer and more difficult to compass than rubber and shoe industrial supply. Remember Nike started the same way. There are many industrial conglomerates that could help the running material culture out with guidance from wise runners. New fruit from old soil.
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Brooks all the way, man.
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You really won't run in Nike anymore?
Maybe you want some kind of Russian commie shoe then.
Nike is the brand of AMERICAN Champions. If you are against Nike, you are against the U-S-A and henceforth you can suck it, brother! -
Baconn wrote:
Adidas easily has the best trainers/flats.
Bostons or Adios to train in, Hagios for speedwork and tempos. They're light, durable as hell, and seem to have the lowest injury correlation from the people I have trained with.
Yes , to the combo above. -
Nike don't care.
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Salming: http://www.salmingrunning.com/
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Sock Uh Nee wrote:
Saucony. They have clauses in their athletes contracts which require complete repayment of all earnings if they ever test positive.
Is this true? Never heard that before but makes me respect them even more.
Also want to put in a plug for New Balance - the new Zante is sweet. -
NB is the way to go
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titaniumbolt wrote:
Sock Uh Nee wrote:
Saucony. They have clauses in their athletes contracts which require complete repayment of all earnings if they ever test positive.
Is this true? Never heard that before but makes me respect them even more.
Also want to put in a plug for New Balance - the new Zante is sweet.
Told to me from the mouth of a Saucony-sponsored athlete.
NB also definitely worth buying too. -
titaniumbolt wrote:
Sock Uh Nee wrote:
Saucony. They have clauses in their athletes contracts which require complete repayment of all earnings if they ever test positive.
Is this true? Never heard that before but makes me respect them even more.
Also want to put in a plug for New Balance - the new Zante is sweet.
Told to me from the mouth of a Saucony-sponsored athlete.
NB also definitely worth buying too. -
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