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Running shoe "innovations" that didn't go the distance.
Can anyone remember any of these systems /ideas that failed to set the running world alight. Perhaps you can add some more...
Reebok ERS (Energy Return System).
Brooks Hydroflow (or do they still use that one?).
Brooks Kinetic Wedge.
Reebok Pump. (Adidas had a similar system which employed a tiny pump with which to "inflate" the shoes' mid-soles. This pump had a built-in digital pressure gauge!).
Nike Huarache (shoes based on a sandal). Nike also introduced a shoe which "separated" the big toe from the rest of the toes: the footwear equivalent of the mitten. You had to buy special socks to go with these shoes. Good marketing!
... there are a few more, I think. Can anyone add to the list? Maybe we should add some of the more successful ones as well?
Reebok ERS (Energy Return System).
Brooks Hydroflow (or do they still use that one?).
Brooks Kinetic Wedge.
Reebok Pump. (Adidas had a similar system which employed a tiny pump with which to "inflate" the shoes' mid-soles. This pump had a built-in digital pressure gauge!).
Nike Huarache (shoes based on a sandal). Nike also introduced a shoe which "separated" the big toe from the rest of the toes: the footwear equivalent of the mitten. You had to buy special socks to go with these shoes. Good marketing!
... there are a few more, I think. Can anyone add to the list? Maybe we should add some of the more successful ones as well?