![]() What’s not standard about the foam is how it’s wrapped around the shoe. Just average stuff from the Nike factory. No space age ZoomX or squishy Lunarlon foam. The rest of the midsole is a pretty standard foam from Nike. The midsole brings in the pieces of tech that makes this shoe stand out at the 500), you’ll start to notice the air units more since the surrounding foam breaks down faster. This rubber up that heel is oddly thick for an area that will likely get no use unless you’re a crazy heavy heel striker. I say all the way up because Nike added their new “heel spur” (not the preferred Nike term) design to the outsole, which wraps the heel upward. One oddball piece to the outsole is how Nike extends the rubber all the way up the back of the heel. This is a bit of a weight reduction, but also shows you the base plate of the Nike Zoom air pocket. There’s a bit of flair on below the heel of the outsole that exposes a plastic plate. ![]() This kind of rubber is great for traction, durability, at the expense of some weight and cushioning. You get a full length carbon outsole with an iconic dual-patch design featuring half as a modified waffle pattern and the other half as a slitted ridgeway for added traction on slick surfaces. Other shoes in the Nike line right now that match up in the daily trainer category, but with a bit more speed would be the famous (infamous?) VaporFly line that offer the top of the tech available.īut something in between the VaporFly and Winflo would probably be the Pegasus or Pegasus Turbo line. Nike’s using a tried and tested design on the upper there, but it feels bulky when compared to the other new models of nike shoes. One part that stood out to me when lacing them up for the first time was how padded the heel and tongue were. I didn’t get the best responsive feel compared to the top of the line Nike models, but was confident they’d do well on long 10+ mile runs. I could tell these shoes on my first run borrowed a bit from the Pegasus shoes in terms of comfort and design. It seems like Nike is bumping up the quality and price of their Pegasus shoes and then filling that product space with the Winflos. What stood out the most to me was how similar it was to their Pegasus line of shoes, where it featured a modified waffle outsole, simple upper, and air zoom pockets. Most of my lifetime miles have been in Nike shoes, so it didn’t take long for me to notice similarities to other Nike shoes when got the Winflo 6s.
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