The controversy of the Nike Vaporfly shoes
Interesting dilemma that is causing lots of distance records to be smashed.
(, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 8:10, Reply)
Luddites.
Trying to freeze a moment in time like those amish hypocrites. Either you're a purist and run naked and barefoot, or you allow normal progress.
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 14:34,
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Up to a point
But there's a difference between rejecting any technological advances and rejecting/delaying those that give certain individuals an advantage depending on who their sponsor is.
I think the authorities are well within their rights to ban the tech for a year or two until everyone's got their own version and no one gets a particular advantage...?
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FridgeBadger, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 14:55,
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I see your point, but I enjoy a good argument ;)
The sponsor's aim is showing their product is superior so they can flog them to the masses.
Blocking that could limit investment in innovation.
The very fact this shoe is being used and breaking records will spur Adidas, Puma and what have you on to develope better technology. I don't consider it an unfair advantage when this shoe is available in the shops for anyone to buy and use. If you're tied in a sponsor contract that forces you to use inferior products limiting your potential, you've only yourself to blame.
Then you've got no leg to stand on. (sorry)
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 15:25,
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So a lot like F1 then.
Not that I have any interest or stake in that “sport”.
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jonbob loves you, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 15:28,
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Exactly.
Strangled to death by regulations and boring as fuck for at least the last 30 years.
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Tusk knows where you live, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 15:32,
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Le Mans showed what was possible with a lack of restrictions on development. It was bloody brilliant between 2013 and 2016. And then the whole thing collapsed because nobody could afford the development costs.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 19:44,
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Totally agree about the luddites
Shoes have improved by leaps and bounds in the last 5 years.
Even the entry level stuff is much much better.
I am using a pair of 35€ Decathlon shoes now, that are simply better than the 150€ Mizuno´s or Asics´s I previously rocked.
I bought them as walkabout shoe, now I have ran about 900km on them.
The main improvement is the foam, before it was either had hard/controlled or soft/all over the place.
Now every brand has soft/controlled shoes.
These don't really go faster, but it has become far easier to do more miles without pain and injuries - thus allowing overall gains.
(, Wed 30 Jun 2021, 7:21, Reply)
That’s not actually what the Amish do.
Their priority is, as I recall, family life. They assess new technology, and how and whether it enhances or detracts from family life, and incorporate it or exclude it on that basis. So they recognise the benefits of having telephones, for instance, in being able to report emergencies quickly, and talk to people far away; but also see the distractions from family life they can provide. So they have communal phone boxes, but no mobiles or phones in the home.
Sure, they move slowly compared to the outside world when it comes to technology, but they aren’t frozen in time.
(, Wed 30 Jun 2021, 17:57, Reply)
wonder if there any use for pensioners or those who find walking uncomfortable
they're even
(, Tue 29 Jun 2021, 14:50, Reply)
I was just thinking they'd make fantastic slippers.
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fred zeppelin (Taylor's version), Tue 29 Jun 2021, 15:28,
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