Will Nike Alpha Fly still be mass produced for sale to recreational runners?

Yeah, Don't be "That Guy or Gal" wrote:

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I don't think we can assume that the AlphaFly is banned. If it contains just one plate, as the production models seem to, and the stack height is brought to around 40mm (it can be slightly higher in larger sizes), it's legal.

Boing boing wins again, suckas.

In it's current form at 50mm, it's not allowed. Past records set in the Alphafly are illegimate IMO. Ineos challenge is total bogus now. CIM 2018 runners with Alphafly prototypes? Bogus.

If they trim the stack height, call it something else, because it is not the same shoe. Alphafly 2.0?

No records have been set in Alphafly shoes and you don't need to be a genius to know the INEOS challenge was, is, and will always be a freak show, a circus, as legitimate as a 3 dollar bill.

I would be very surprised if Nike released a shoe that is not competition legal. Competition is what their brand is all about, it would be incredibly damaging as only total clowns would turn up to their local race with a pair of illegal shoes.

Geoff Capes wrote:

I would be very surprised if Nike released a shoe that is not competition legal. Competition is what their brand is all about, it would be incredibly damaging as only total clowns would turn up to their local race with a pair of illegal shoes.

I wouldn't be surprised. It reminds me of the Air Jordan 1 commercial and then following that naming that specific colorway of the sneaker the Air Jordan 1 Banned. How much hype would the Alphafly get if they a commercial like this for it?

Calling it now - production Alphafly totally legal and on sale at the Trials.

U know nothing jon snow wrote:

Calling it now - production Alphafly totally legal and on sale at the Trials.

The AlphaFly is taller than 40mm in stack height and is rumored to have more than one carbon plate- so it is illegal on two counts. Nike might come up with a competition-legal shoe that they call the “AlphaFly”, but it won’t be the same shoe that Kipchoge wore at Ineos 1:59, rather, it will be, essentially, an upgraded next%.

Glendower wrote:

I think the decision was stupid unless they just hand out the exact same pair of shoes to every runner at the start of each race. They are going to have to take the shoes off the elite runners now and cut them open for inspection after each race, there are things that cannot be seen from the outside..

I'm still interested in owning a pair for my own personal use, numerous people have been saying that these shoes could be the next step towards injury prevention as well as performance, now we will all suffer because of this ban.

are condoms still produced for recreational sex ???

Glendower wrote:

They can check the depth visually but how will they verify what's inside each shoe without taking them off the athletes then literally cutting them in half after every race is over?

Carbon plates aren't banned. Just the thickness of the shoe.

LetsBeHonestHere wrote:

Come on, you don't want the alphaFLY for "injury prevention." That's like saying you watch porn for "education."

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AlphaFly will still be legal in the triathalon and that's a decent size market.

Sort of totally or mostly off topic but it is a carbon plated shoe. Does anyone know when the NB FuelCell Racer TC will launch and what the retail will be?

Wrong and wrong. One plate and legal stack height. The patent is not the shoe that will be released or was worn by Kipchoge

LoneStarXC wrote:

Wearing banned shoes to win a local 5k fun run would be really lame.

Agree. You do not see many people showing up at the few lower key unsanctioned xc ski races with illegal skis, bike races with illegal bikes, or swim competitions with illegal swimsuits.

The use of illegal equipment is visible for all to see. (unlike PED use...)

Running is weird in that there are all sorts of competitions that are not under the sanction of the international governing body, especially road races.

Les wrote:

Glendower wrote:

They can check the depth visually but how will they verify what's inside each shoe without taking them off the athletes then literally cutting them in half after every race is over?

Carbon plates aren't banned. Just the thickness of the shoe.

Only one carbon plate is allowed.

xray wrote:

Every municipal building, dentist, doctor, and hospital in America has one. I'm sure you could rent the use of one for 15 minutes for the right price, or you could rent a mobile x-ray.

Take the Boston Marathon for example, right at the finish line the Hynes Convention Center and the Prudential Center Observatory have x-rays that will otherwise be sitting idle on race day.

Carbon fiber is quite popular for surgical fixtures and medical imaging devices because it is essentially invisible to x-ray and MRI machines.

Glendower wrote:

Why don't they just release a race compliant version and a non-compliant version for people who aren't taking part in any professional races? The marketing they have received is astronomical, they could market them as "The shoes so effective they were banned". I personally wouldn't hesitate to get myself a pair.

You realize they are banned b/c they are akin to cheating? You're okay showing up to your ham and egger 5K in cheating shoes?

Idk if this is true or not, because I'm relaying this 3rd hand (I heard it through a friend, who was relaying what he was told by his friend who works for Nike HQ out in Oregon...), but I heard that Nike pretty much anticipated, or was told that this kind of "illegal shoe" controversy was going to spring up after all of the Breaking Two stuff happened, so they had been developing a legal alternative of the shoe in addition to the now illegal version, so that they would be able to release them on time without missing a beat.

Again, I'm relaying this 3rd hand, so who knows if it's really true, but it does make sense. Nike is definitely smart/experienced enough in the market to anticipate something like this on their own, and it's also equally as likely that they were tipped off by the governing bodies that this ban was going to happen, so they could prepare for it.

I think they drop the Alpha Fly as scheduled, and it will be a modified version that will conform to all legal limits.

old hobby jogging fart wrote:

Betafly

Waiting for the ZetoFly