I was in the market for new athletic shoes for just wearing around. I have other shoes for tennis and jogging. I have gone across the spectrum over the past
10 years from New Balance to Asics to Nike. I purchased my first pair of Reeboks since the late 80s when they first became popular. So far they have just
been alright. They bother the hell out of me because the tounge slide off to the side and I can see my black no show socks. Other than that they have been
alright I guess. Always thought the ZigTech design was kinda cool.


The Reeboks I got back in 6th grade ( they still sell them at the outlet store I was at )

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Flew too close to the sun on wings of pastrami

Jr. noticed those when we were at your house, he gave his approval.

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

under armour

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Adidas

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Asics.

Tried Addidas, Nike, New Balance....Asics just fit my large foot better.

That or it was the advertising that isn't on TV.

Nike Lunarglides.

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Team Cutler.

Switched to brooks after years of Nike and am very happy. Knowing if your foot pronates or supinates is good for picking out a brand and model. I've found acisics and new balance to be too roomy.

saucony

hoka one one for running, these shoes are fucking awesome.

I wear these 90% of my day. I love flip flops but hate how wimpy they are. These weigh more than most shoes and have a solid ride.

Dr. Scholls.


not kidding,nice looking and very comfortable.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

All Nike all the time

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Were they out of Hush Puppies?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

first of all, any shoe thread on the CSFMB has to pay homage to NAS, the man whose "kicks game" absolutely destroys everyone on the board when he shows up @ board meetups. basically whenever Nas goes to a CSFMB function reptiles die in order to ensure the requisite levels of style and class that we've come to expect from NasHova. Respect due!

that said, i'm not (yet?) at the level where reptiles end up being proverbial ritual sacrifices to the fashion gods ("shoe money") in order to make sure i look good, so i try to keep it simple and relatively oldschool with some straightforward adidas game. last time i went out to buy shoes i was !!!?@# when i couldn't find a simple pair of white-on-black adidas superstar(2)s, you know, the shelltoed (de-facto?) fashion standard going back to the days of Run DMC and "[their] Adidas" (tho fuck Run DMC they were overrated in my book cuz i wasn't coming of age in the 80s when they were at their peak, but hey it's not like i don't have the down with the king 12" cuz good music is good music no matter who made it) but i was coming up emptyhanded.

i had been rocking a few pairs of the adidas samoas (more straightforward leather non-shelltoed shoe akin to the sambas, but in a multitude of colors) but when i was looking for a simple white-on-black version of those all i could find were goofy tryhard-multicolored suede versions.... then, after coming to the realization that i likely had to order what i wanted off of the internet, when my family suggested that on the way out of woodfield i try DSW (that "discount shoe warehouse" or whatever) i almost slapped them out of principle.... but i wanted to give into their urge to buy me shit so i humored them and i was shocked when i found the following over there:





and even in the low-tops these things look pretty decent in other colors:



so yeah, i mean in my ideal world it would have a black sole/trimming as opposed to white (cuz roughly ~1.5yrs after getting them i stopped being hardcore about wiping down the white part around the sides to cover up scuffs and whatnot. i mean when you've been keeping the shoes in low-to-decent rotation for over a year theres no point in trying to wipe them up like they're still relatively/new) but they're comfortable and they're not too loud (like a lot of adidas' newschool rainbowesque color schemes that they put out there for ppl who either just want loud kicks or want to match up with some very specfic outfits/colors) and they go with my many white-on-black shirts (cuz as aceyalone once pointed out, your shoes should ideally "rhyme" with your shirt in terms of color/s) and if i decide to go with a white-on-black hat then i've got shoes/shirt/hat coordinated top to bottom.... but for the plethora/majority of days when you're not that tryhard white-on-black works with pretty much anything, hence why the default color of superstar(2) shelltoes are white on black.

btw i love it when chicks rock some white-on-black adidas (shelltoes) like that. chuck taylors are played out and stupid, plus i dont think they ever looked all that good/cute/endearing/stylishly-retro even when they were part of ben weasel's official "punk rock dress code" (someone bang the irony gong and get to the fundamental irony of the piece!) and i think adidas superstar(2)s are a much better standard-issue-footwear than chucks. not to mention, especially for women, wearing open-toed shoes (esp heels) and/or flipflops/sandals is tactically stupid; if you think someone's gonna possibly come at you to rape/rob/assault you and you gotta run, why would you wanna be caught dead in footwear that only come in handy in case you're walkign down the street and a random beach pops up out of nowhere? with basketball/skateboarding shoes i was always wearing footwear that had me covered in case a random basketball-game/skateboarding-session or anything of similar physical activity levels broke out, and especially with skateboarding shoes (designed to take abuse from wayward skateboard impacts and etc) these were shoes designed to take physical punishment, which covers "running for your life"

i've long said "it's hard to run from the armageddon in flip-flops" cuz basically you're running barefoot.

so unless studies show that 75%+ of monied men have foot fetishes where your exposed dolled-up-n-painted toes help you attract a potential mate, there's just no utility in wearing flip flops when you're out for the day/evening because if the shit hits the fan and you've gotta vamoose then your choice in footwear will be somewhere between a hindrance to a serious fucking problem, especially if bombs are dropping and glass is breaking and you're stuck in a bruce willis diehard-type scenario because you thought your freshly painted toenails were super-pretty and the world just HAD to see them ASAP. c'est la vie.

TLDR = i need a hobby and adidas neo's are a proper mix of oldschool simplicity and newschool ZANY LOLRANDOM-ALL-OVER-THE-PLACE OMFG IT'S LIKE AN EXPLOSION @ A SKITTLES FACTORY!!!!!! and the white-on-black hightops don't cost $100+ and go too far away from the oldschool superstar(2) formula that created the world's best standard-issue-shoe (in 07 @ my peak i had 4 brand new pairs of superstar2s: white on black, white on white, black on white (aka Run DMC colors) and black on black--- for like 2-3yrs i was set with my own personal rainbow of quality footwear to rhyme with whatever shirts/hats i had going. c'est la vie!

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Nikes, obviously.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

new balance

i have brooks ghost 7 running shoes but they are a little wide at the toes... but they work ok

my new balance shoes i use for casual wear and they are the most comfy things ive ever had

addidas are terrible, they are way too flimsy, at least the models ive tried

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

This. I am done trying to find others. They just fit my feet right.

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Elections have consequences.

Endicott Johnson

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

They discontinued my Nike about 3 years ago. Switched to Asics GT-2000 and like it better. It is lighter and lasts longer.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

Adidas, mostly. I have one pair of Pumas I sometimes wear playing tennis.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

+1 for Asics. Everything is top-notch. The wrestling singlets are to die for.

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

Starburys

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I try everything on usually, size 13, not the ez fit.

was surprised to see U A on the box when i liked the shoes.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

which ones did you get?

Asics and Brooks. Nikes just don't fit my big feet, and I would rather pay $40 instead of $80.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I rock Tevas nine months out of the year. I get the ones with the solid bottom. I can walk all day in them.

For those of you that say guys shouldn't wear sandals, because you don't want to look at hairy toes, I say, stop looking at men's feet.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

If we are switching over to sandals talk.....I'll go back to my usual stance:

If you are a dude, unless you are swimming or sleeping or showering, put your toes away. Ain't nobody want to see those bare, hairy, gnarly things hanging out.
Sandals in public should be a strictly female thing.

/thread

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