The vaporfly thread
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Oct 2024
2:48pm, 14 Oct 2024
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hellen
Not sure if this has been posted but some cheap alphafly at sports direct sportsdirect.com |
Oct 2024
4:27pm, 14 Oct 2024
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Velociraptor
Is this the same site that people were ordering improbably cheap supershoes from and then getting cancellation notices a few pages back?
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Oct 2024
7:26pm, 14 Oct 2024
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Charlesvdw
Yep.
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Oct 2024
7:44pm, 14 Oct 2024
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SPR
Those are old versions at least with what looks to be limited stock rather than pre orders so not necessarily dodgy like the previous pre order sale.
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Oct 2024
7:51pm, 14 Oct 2024
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jda
Once bitten. I’ll let others test it out 
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Oct 2024
7:51pm, 14 Oct 2024
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jda
(Not that I was bitten personally)
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Oct 2024
10:25pm, 14 Oct 2024
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hellen
Velociraptor wrote: Is this the same site that people were ordering improbably cheap supershoes from and then getting cancellation notices a few pages back? I’m not sure, I didn’t see that. These are version 2 so the older ones. |
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Oct 2024
8:20pm, 22 Oct 2024
460 posts
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Charlesvdw
So I used my Adidas Evo Pro 1 for the Amsterdam marathon. Feedback on the shoes for those who are interested. The shoes had enough traction even though there had been some drizzle earlier that morning. The Evo Pro didn't feel special, but I'm used to wearing super shoes, I run 2 marathons per year and I always buy a new pair of Vaporfly for each race and I use my old Vaporfly's in training (approx. 400 miles before I throw them away). The Evo Pro feels not as soft as the latest Vaporfly. But they are very light. The Vaporfly 3 in my size: 200 grams. The Evo Pro 1 in my size: a mere 140 grams. What advantage dit I get wearing the shoes ? I don't think they have any advantage over the Vaporfly apart from the weight benefit. If anything they feel a little less cushioned. Maths: - we know 100 gram of weight saving causes a benefit in running economy of 1% - a 4% better running economy (like the OG Vaporfly) is considered to correlate with a 2.5% better running performance - a 3hour marathon is 10800 seconds. -> the shoes confer a 40 seconds benefit for a 3 hour marathoner. This may have been crucial, as I ran a 2:59:37 marathon ! With 200 gram shoes like the Vaporfly this would have been 3:00:17. The 2:59:37 was a four minute improvement on my previous PB. Only 40 seconds can be attributed to the shoes. But in my case they were worth the hefty price tag. |
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Oct 2024
9:20pm, 22 Oct 2024
461 posts
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Charlesvdw
I think the Evo Pro are good for another marathon. Not a one race shoe imho.
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Nov 2024
11:15am, 3 Nov 2024
15,102 posts
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hellen
Remember that link I posted for cheap alphafly at sports direct? They are dispatched quickly and arrived but I didn’t get around to opening until yesterday. I ordered pink running super shoes. I got lemon football boots 😂😂some numpty had put an alpha fly sticker over the top of the football boot sticker. To send them back I have to contact sports direct so went on chat. Sent photos etc through the chat bot then they said I needed to speak to someone so put me in a Q to chat online to a human. Next bit is hilarious. After about 10 minutes I get a message saying I have been in the Q too long so I’m being kicked out the Q. I’ve never come across that before. Surely if the Q is so long they should not allow new people to join rather than kick off people have been waiting. Was invited to email but told they take 7-10 days to reply. Photo for those interested ! |
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