Serious Vaporfly Shortage in the UK, is it the same in the US? + Wait for Alpha Fly or Buy Next %?

Keep looking,they pop up every few weeks.I have had no problem getting them,on my 5th pair now,just need to buy them as soon as they appear.

Why not forget about the mechanical doping, save yourself $300, and see what you can achieve as a runner rather than what the shoes can do.

This is just because of Brexit.

It will get worse, soon running shoes will be the least of your problems.

Get them on Ebay. You might pay a premium but you should be able to find them in your size and that ship to the UK.

Fly to the US and stock up on them.

Glendower wrote:

Literally every store is sold out of my size (9.5) In Vaporfly Next %s, you would think Nike would be working overtime to have these fully stocked everywhere. Anyone have any UK stockists or know when we can expect to have a steady supply of AlphaFlys in the UK?

Also if you think the prices are jacked up in the USA at $250 every store I've seen has them listed at £240 which converted is like $310

Nike sold everything pretty much everything they manufactured. Now their vaporfly-sweatshops are busy with the production of Alphafly.

Non in Canada , there are Zoom Fly FK all over the place . The FK is a terrible shoe .

Gibstar wrote:

Why not forget about the mechanical doping, save yourself $300, and see what you can achieve as a runner rather than what the shoes can do.

Can’t afford em, eh?

There is a new colorway that will release next month for spring marathon season. The alphafly will have a very small initial release. The new Next % color is blue, haven't seen any photos leak online.

I can certainly afford them, but for me running is about what I can do not mechanical aids. So *Pobrecito" you get a PB wearing these devices, do you genuinely believe you as an athlete have improved or did the shoes do it for you. If its the latter, then the PB is meaningless, you may as well sit on a bus and drive round the course and claim that as a PB.

Just because WA have given up on integrity in favour of Nike $, doesn't mean athletes give up on integrity.

Just get them online. If you know your size it will most likely be cheaper anyway than paying the full RRP at a shop. And I agree about the prices. Australia always suffer as a result of this too.

I am told they are 'running out of the shop.'

ShilohDoesntCare wrote:

There is a new colorway that will release next month for spring marathon season. The alphafly will have a very small initial release. The new Next % color is blue, haven't seen any photos leak online.

I think so too. Last year the FK 4% got even two new colorways in

for spring, the blue one and then the other red one for London. I think that the Ekiden colorway was more limited than green and pink ones had been and after it was announced that the Next % is legal, they sold out everywhere.

check out top4running.com - they seem to have stock and free EU delivery

Gibstar wrote:

Why not forget about the mechanical doping, save yourself $300, and see what you can achieve as a runner rather than what the shoes can do.

You realize all running shoes are a form of mechanical doping right?

Gibstar wrote:

I can certainly afford them, but for me running is about what I can do not mechanical aids. So *Pobrecito" you get a PB wearing these devices, do you genuinely believe you as an athlete have improved or did the shoes do it for you. If its the latter, then the PB is meaningless, you may as well sit on a bus and drive round the course and claim that as a PB.

Just because WA have given up on integrity in favour of Nike $, doesn't mean athletes give up on integrity.

Thank you. Glad someone else gets it. If you run for yourself, you don't want the Vaporflys. If you run to pump up your ego and get attention...boing, boing, boing.

Gibstar wrote:

I can certainly afford them, but for me running is about what I can do not mechanical aids. So *Pobrecito" you get a PB wearing these devices, do you genuinely believe you as an athlete have improved or did the shoes do it for you. If its the latter, then the PB is meaningless, you may as well sit on a bus and drive round the course and claim that as a PB.

Just because WA have given up on integrity in favour of Nike $, doesn't mean athletes give up on integrity.

LOL. If you're running with any shoes on, you're running with mechanical aids.

Its not only UK. If you check Nike.com outside of USA - no Vaporfly at all, in the whole EU. Do not know if it is due to 20% discount (buying 3 pairs, jeje) and after 15 of Feb they will reappear, but now they are simply absent, search for Vaporfly returns nothing.

Gibstar wrote:

I can certainly afford them, but for me running is about what I can do not mechanical aids. So *Pobrecito" you get a PB wearing these devices, do you genuinely believe you as an athlete have improved or did the shoes do it for you. If its the latter, then the PB is meaningless, you may as well sit on a bus and drive round the course and claim that as a PB.

Just because WA have given up on integrity in favour of Nike $, doesn't mean athletes give up on integrity.

It would have been easier to just say you can't afford them.