Why does Adidas release so few shoe models compared to their competition?

Been using Adidas for 5 years now, and don't plan on switching. I can pretty much buy a pair of Adizero Adios Boost the day before a marathon, race in them and won't have any issues.

Technically Nike has the marathon as well. :)

Bekele 5k and 10k are Nike

Shoequestion2 wrote:

I noticed Nike/Brooks/Boston are refreshing their lineup all the time and making changes for the sake of change that only annoy people and ruin good shoes.

Seems like Adidas is refreshing their shoe lineup every couple years and keeping things basically the same so shoes that work for you continue to work for you.

Why is Adidas such a slow mover relative to those other players?

Not entirely true, Nike has left the Zoom Streak LT and 6 relatively unchanged for the past 2-3 years.

The Pegasus/Zoom elite hasn't received a substantital update in ages with the exception of the Zoom X foam.

Between the vaporfly/Zoom X foam those are really the major changes and that is them playing catchup to compete with Boost etc. new foams out there.

Unfortunately majority only know Nike from what they stock at JC Penny.

Cause it is a German brand and they take forever to update. Slow moving. Need to take time before changing

Tempo goes away for 2019.

Boston will probably have a small update

Sub2 won’t change

Adios will have a new color

I wish they would expand their adizero line back to what they had 10 years ago (Pro, Mana, CS, etc)

The Solar line is solid, but not flashy.

They have a good line but need a wider selection for the core consumer

I just bought two pairs of the tempos out of fear of not having any more in the future for workouts (I'll switch to the Boston at that point).

I always did my workouts in trainers, but you guessed it - Adidas tinkered and made a shoe worse. Theybreplaced the Adidas Sequence with the Supernova ST. For most purposes, the new shoe is fine. But once I hit tempo pace or faster, the unusual heel counter (it's a split heel counter with the middle just being fabric, no plastic) can't hold my foot welll and I feel like I'm coming out of the shoe.

So they tinkered and now I've changed my approach to training. I go from workouts in heavy trainers to workouts in snug and moderate weight trainers.

But damn, I love the Adios (which I've raced all of my three marathons in), Bostons and Tempos.

Shoequestion1 wrote:

tres pipes wrote:

I have 4 different Adidas shoes in my rotation - Boston, Adios, Takumi Sen, and Sub 2. Never realized that they have fewer models, but not sure why I would need more.

My point is that those shoes are relatively unchanged for the last ~3 years.. meanwhile NIke is constantly releasing new versions (i.e. seems like a new version of Pegasus arrives every 6 months) or entirely new models (Zoom Fly, Vapor Fly 4%, React).

It just seems odd that Adidas wouldn't want to release some new products to compete with the new offerings from Nike.

I am glad Nike changed Lunar Glide 8 so much that I was disappointed in it and switched to Supernova. I also bought Boston 6 for the first time around the same time. I have over 850 miles on the Supernova. The outer sole is now close to worn out to the point that the Boost material is showing a little wear. I never got more than about 350 miles out of the Lunar Glides or Lunar Eclipses before those. I also realized I can get get many miles out of a neutral shoe without injury and do not need to wear a stability shoe.

I grabbed a pair of the Tempos and I am not a fan. Really stiff and kind heavy..

Bad combination of stiff to be comfortable, but too heavy to be a racer. It's a weird shoe - I am surprised they haven't discontinued it.

Boston blows it out of the water if you ask me

HMArunner wrote:

Technically Nike has the marathon as well. :)

No.

someone else said it better wrote:

...I wish more companies were on a 2-year cycle instead of tinkering blindly.

Ahem, you mean...Nike?