Ritzenhein's shoes @ Crim 10mile

Shoemetheshoes wrote:

Correct, modified with zoom x foam and a carbon plate, aka, the 4% shoe. This is what the prototypes were. Look at the pics from the trials, modified streak 6. The only thing "streak 6" about this shoe is the upper. I inquired about this as well with a VP of Nike Running and that is what I was told. Perhaps he was wrong :)

No, you are 100% correct, unless my colleague sent him the wrong shoes in 2015/2016. Why do people argue about things when they have n idea what they're talking about?

He showed me the shoes. No carbon plate, simply the Zoom 6 upper with a compressed phylon midsole, raised to simulate the 4% model.

Because of a couple reasons:How would anybody know that you know what you're talking about? This is Letsrun. If you have the answer, why not post under your real name and register it? Because like everyone else, you are just posting words and claiming that YOU are right. You claim "my colleague", who????Does that help explain it to you?

You have no idea wrote:

Shoemetheshoes wrote:

Correct, modified with zoom x foam and a carbon plate, aka, the 4% shoe. This is what the prototypes were. Look at the pics from the trials, modified streak 6. The only thing "streak 6" about this shoe is the upper. I inquired about this as well with a VP of Nike Running and that is what I was told. Perhaps he was wrong :)

No, you are 100% correct, unless my colleague sent him the wrong shoes in 2015/2016. Why do people argue about things when they have n idea what they're talking about?

You are correct sir. I should have posted under my real name and will shortly.

the woodsman wrote:

Because of a couple reasons:

How would anybody know that you know what you're talking about?

This is Letsrun. If you have the answer, why not post under your real name and register it? Because like everyone else, you are just posting words and claiming that YOU are right. You claim "my colleague", who????

Does that help explain it to you?

You have no idea wrote:

No, you are 100% correct, unless my colleague sent him the wrong shoes in 2015/2016. Why do people argue about things when they have n idea what they're talking about?

That is my real name and the info that I provided about what my colleague sent him is correct. DR will verify it.

you have no idea wrote:

You are correct sir. I should have posted under my real name and will shortly.

the woodsman wrote:

Because of a couple reasons:

How would anybody know that you know what you're talking about?

This is Letsrun. If you have the answer, why not post under your real name and register it? Because like everyone else, you are just posting words and claiming that YOU are right. You claim "my colleague", who????

Does that help explain it to you?

the woodsman wrote:

Because of a couple reasons:

How would anybody know that you know what you're talking about?

This is Letsrun. If you have the answer, why not post under your real name and register it? Because like everyone else, you are just posting words and claiming that YOU are right. You claim "my colleague", who????

Does that help explain it to you?

You have no idea wrote:

No, you are 100% correct, unless my colleague sent him the wrong shoes in 2015/2016. Why do people argue about things when they have n idea what they're talking about?

Fair enough. I suppose the default in this day and age is not to trust anything anyone says. Yes, carbon plate...yes, zoom x...yes, 6 upper. Of course, you could be correct if you were discussing an extremely early prototype. However, he was part of the elite testing program of the Vaporfly, and wore them for the marathon trials as well as great north run.

Everyone just please stop, okay?

I'm with Brooks now. Screw Nike.

Nike Dude wrote:

Those are NOT 4%'s. I've seen these post race and inquired. It's a modified Streak 6.

True they were a prototype based around the streak 6.

Thank you, Brooks Levitate! Due next month but I guess Ann Arbor Running Company is having an early release

Valley Sea wrote:

Boing Boing wrote:

Blatant copy of the Nike spring shoes.

How so?

It has the same midsole. The one that makes them look like grandpa shoes.

It is not the Levitate. The midsole foam does resemble the polyeurathane based midsoles in adidas Boost and Saucony Everun and whatever Nike's version is. It's a little too blurry, but the name of the shoe is on the medial side of the ankle collar (the lateral side says Brooks). As an aside, the downside to the Levitate is that it is 11oz. Too heavy for a racing shoe.

*stipe wrote:

It is not the Levitate. The midsole foam does resemble the polyeurathane based midsoles in adidas Boost and Saucony Everun and whatever Nike's version is. It's a little too blurry, but the name of the shoe is on the medial side of the ankle collar (the lateral side says Brooks). As an aside, the downside to the Levitate is that it is 11oz. Too heavy for a racing shoe.

This sounds like a pretty good assessment.

Found a marketing asset for the Levitate and they look different:

While this isn't what we are most interested in, I believe the lacing pattern is taken from the Wire V5 distance track spike. Perhaps this will be a road racing flat cousin to track spike. Maybe it says WIRE?

I might give these a try.

The levitates marketing material make it look like another shoe altogether so yes its Not the Levitate. The minimal logos, design print and plain appearance make it look like a prototype but the shoe is posted on IG so thought there may be someone in the company?

Wunder wrote:

The levitates marketing material make it look like another shoe altogether so yes its Not the Levitate. The minimal logos, design print and plain appearance make it look like a prototype but the shoe is posted on IG so thought there may be someone in the company?

Any insiders know about this??

Brooksracer wrote:

Wunder wrote:

The levitates marketing material make it look like another shoe altogether so yes its Not the Levitate. The minimal logos, design print and plain appearance make it look like a prototype but the shoe is posted on IG so thought there may be someone in the company?

Any insiders know about this??

Brooks employees what is the story of the IG Brooks shoe?? Please and thank you