Nike Vaporfly 4% available again

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM wrote:

Why bro?

HMMM... wrote:

I think anyone who wears size 14 really doesn't need these shoes.

He is a Lilluputian .

He has made this comment on other threads .

Short people got no reason to live .

Ignore the midget .

Let us know how they work out for you - if anybody can ever attain them in the physical world .

Name one fast runner with size 14 feet.

Have you held one of them? Next to a Zoom Fly? The Vapors have a much lower density foam and there's whole areas of the outsole that don't have blown rubber where the Zoom Flys do. They are a race shoe the the sole shows serious wear within a few miles. Visible wear does not mean diminished performance you'd be daft to think they'll last as long as the Zoom Flys or most other "training shoes." If you try to buy them from NIke in NYC you get a whole speech about this as they've been getting so many returns from people who were expecting to get normal mileage out of them only to see them fall to bits.

Abdoujaparov wrote:

They are a race shoe the the sole shows serious wear within a few miles.

I've got racing flats that have lasted 500 miles without "serious" wear within a few miles. Why would these be so different? Are the people complaining about them wearing too fast 220lbs and dragging their feet?

Size 14 will thrash these shoes in no more than 18 miles.

Size 14 wrote:

Size 14 will thrash these shoes in no more than 18 miles.

I saw the early wear testers with these shoes. They wore them all the time and they didn't look trashed.

Ron Clarke and son , Craig mottram , Juantorena etc.... Done

commondawg wrote:

juststoppingby wrote:

Is an 11 really not pretty normal?

I consider 9.0-10.5 to be normal. That's where the majority of people on a bell curve would be.

Did they really all sell out that quickly?

I got two pair size 10 and one size 11 to resell on eBay for a profit .

Of course I had to take care $$$ of the phone clerk , but I'll end up in the black .

,,,and the matching compression socks, can't forget those to get that marginal improvement

There will be more pairs available in sizes 9.0-12.0 at some point in the next 4-6 weeks for the IceBlue color, but Nike can't give reliable insight into units and shipping dates so you'll have to check back.

A new color (Crimson/Black) is due out at the end of September and a full size run (5.0-13.0) will be available at that time. But again things aren't guaranteed so they won't be available until the physical inventory arrives.

Ah yes, the hoary old man from under the bridge who always pops up to complain that it his day his shoes made of cardboard lasted for 1,000 miles and the youth of today are all wasteful millenials.

No racing flats last 500 miles unless you're an 70lb octogenarian shuffling round a rubber track and putting your feet down like you're stepping on eggshells.

I weigh about 140, land on my midfoot and have taken all the relief off the small areas of blown rubber on the back of a pair of Zoom Fly SPs in

go up a half size

Abdoujaparov wrote:

Ah yes, the hoary old man from under the bridge who always pops up to complain that it his day his shoes made of cardboard lasted for 1,000 miles and the youth of today are all wasteful millenials.

No racing flats last 500 miles unless you're an 70lb octogenarian shuffling round a rubber track and putting your feet down like you're stepping on eggshells.

I weigh about 140, land on my midfoot and have taken all the relief off the small areas of blown rubber on the back of a pair of Zoom Fly SPs in

I would expect an answer like that from a over weight 140lber.

I must be the only person who races better in low drop flats... All these new fangled boost and engineered flats with 8, 10, even 12 mm drops feel clunky to me.

These are the best running shoes ever made for non-spike use but my n=1 is irrelevant.

So much fun though. Feels like you're running on a mondo track all the time.

The fit 1/2 size down (or true to size). My 11's became 10.5.

sold on this shoe wrote:

Haha, my last Swoosh shoe was the Free. I bought this one. I think these are the real deal though. Ironically, Goucher saying they may have cost her an Olympic spot sold me on them. That and the other guy who said they should be banned.

Think what cyclists do to get faster and this shoe is a bargain.

They are the real deal and can't be banned.. they're not the only ones who've put a carbon plate in their shoe, and nor are they doing high energy return.

There was already a hoka carbon rocket.

Adidas has their boost, will probably put a CF plate in too just to compete.

But yeah. A triathlete said these shoes would cost him the same as he spent on new bike shoes. Bike shoes!

Runningwarehouse has taken the Vaporfly 4% off their site. Not even "this item is out of stock."

kvothe wrote:

I must be the only person who races better in low drop flats... All these new fangled boost and engineered flats with 8, 10, even 12 mm drops feel clunky to me.

+1 I'm reluctant to even try them given the high ramp of this shoe. I train/race in 4mm or less. To someone who is used to low drop, a 10-12mm drop really feels awkward, and puts a lot of strain on your calves. Don't know why Nike can't make the same shoe and shave off about 6mm from the heel. You would still have the plate, just less heel.

It's not even listed on the site anymore.