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  • Running shoes (proper ones) – why are they so ugly..?
  • loddrik
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    Not the likes of Nike AirMax etc, which are largely aesthetically fine, but the proper running shoes abby tge likes of Brooks, Asics, Saucony etc, they are some of the ugliest things ever created by man, why? Surely they could make them a little less offensive on the eyes…

    jota180
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    top tip ………

    Don’t look at your feet whilst running, especially in the vicinity of lampposts

    legend
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    Weird, as mtb shoes are great looking……….

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    surroundedbyhills
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    try the saloman ones – black and silver.
    http://www.salomon.com/uk/product/xa-pro-3d-ultra-2.html comfiest things I ever wore!

    d45yth
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    So you don’t wear them for anything else but running!

    CaptainFlashheart
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    d45yth – Member
    So you don’t wear them for anything else but running!

    🙂

    Mine are effing horrible to look at;

    Damned good to run in, though.

    slimjim78
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    I love the daft coloured Tri running shoes.

    I think Adidas and others have some great looking race shoes. Asics have a few reasonble lookers available too, particularly the off-road oriented ones.

    Brookes, Saucony etc, do look gash to be fair. But yes, if they fit well then they are the ones to go for.

    Substance over Style?

    wombat
    Full Member

    CaptainFlashheart,

    I’ve got some of those too, don’t think they look too bad… 😳

    +1 for damned goodness of them for running 8)

    IanMunro
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    There seems to be a very fixed aesthetic in lots of running shoes which revolves around copious amounts of gopping white and silver stuck together in various complicated patterns.

    I like my evo’s cos they look fast,

    And my flites cos they’re red

    And speeds because people don’t notice

    and treks because people think there ugly.

    But the people who think they’re ugly wear white and silver spangly monstrosities the OP refers to, so that’s fine 😀

    wrecker
    Free Member


    Liking my trail gloves.

    FunkyDunc
    Free Member

    Nobody has stopped me in the street for wearing these yet.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    Nobody has stopped me in the street for wearing these yet.

    they will when they pick themsleves up from ROFLing 😉

    hilldodger
    Free Member

    Very comfy, very light, styling may not suit everyone but hey ho……

    but there again, I do actually run in mine, not match them with my “smart” jeans…

    theteaboy
    Free Member

    If other people can see your shoes you’re not running fast enough.

    emsz
    Free Member

    Ian, I use red innov8 F195 as well.

    woooooshhhhhh LOL

    deadlydarcy
    Free Member

    Inov-hate

    They look gashy gash-gash. 😡

    flap_jack
    Free Member

    Apart from Ian and wrecker those are jogging shoes. It’s the jogging shoes that are ugly. Not to be confused with running shoes.

    CaptainFlashheart
    Free Member

    “smart” jeans..

    😕

    schrickvr6
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    hilldodger
    Free Member

    CaptainFlashheart – Member
    “smart” jeans..

    meant ironically in a workwear is for work, running shoes are for running kinda way………

    molgrips
    Free Member

    I’ve got some innov8s that I really like as normal shoes despite buying them for running.

    A bit like this, but without the logos. I think these are the later models.

    deadlydarcy
    Free Member

    Jaysus…my eyes!

    Haze
    Full Member

    Function not fashion…

    Unfortunate side effect is folks’ dogs seem to take more of an interest.

    schrickvr6
    Free Member

    New Balance are very on-trend at the mo, these Supra aren’t too bad either, they may or may not be rubbish for running in though….

    petrieboy
    Full Member

    Plain black Asics gel kayano here, pretty inoffensive. I’ve got a pair of goretex lined ones that look the same but are not Kayano’s too. But really, you shouldn’t be wearing them unless you’re running in which case you probably look pretty daft anyway. Just like a grownup looks on a bicycle!!

    molgrips
    Free Member

    Jaysus…my eyes!

    Mine look better. I’ll wear them if and when you get over here for a ride.

    deadlydarcy
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    I ain’t being seen with anyone wearing those mol. 🙂

    mu3266
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    [image]http://csimg.pricesavvy.co.uk/srv/GB/29001401298408811/T/340×340/C/FFFFFF/url/asics-mens-piranha-sp-4.jpg[/image]

    My babies, look great & weigh just over 100 grams iirc. Its like I’m wearing nothing at all. Hurts sometimes, mind.

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