5. Traction
The traction was one of the initial issues I had when I first saw the catalog images as it wasn’t perfectly clear that the midsole and outsole were two separate components. Luckily, they are… so we shouldn’t have any huge issues there. Could the traction pattern have some potential flaws? Yes… it looks great for lateral coverage but front to back starts or stops could be too much for the pattern to handle on all court conditions. This type of lateral coverage worked great for the Hyperdunk 2013 but those featured herringbone which is fairly multi-directional on its own so we’ll have to wait and see how this ends up working out since it seems to focus primarily on lateral movements.
I’m guessing e outsold wiki be very pliable so this must be an indoor only shoe
Do you think the zoom in these will be paper think like in the zoom revis’s or like the zoom in the lebron 10s
Sweeet! I’m soo glad they will have top-loaded zoom!! The name is nice too lol
I’m looking forward to shoe. I just hope the zoom is responsive enough. The new high top / low top feel intrigues me. It makes feel as if the Kobe 9’s may feel the same with the proprioceptive feel but at a higher price point. If that’s the case I may not be in a hurry to purchase the 9 elites
Why do you think nike is holding back on the max zoom ? It was great in the lebron X but they were the only basketball shoe to feature it, hyperflights were just sportswear shoes. I think that they should implement it in the hyperposite 2014s but the sample images of those showed airmax.
I’m pretty positive the Hyperposite 2014s will come in full length visible zoom just like the 10s.
I guess there is no shank plate?
Hahaha I love the minions! keep up the good work
Zoom air will be bottom loaded, you can tell from the picture above. It has something like a window.
You can see it but its not bottom loaded otherwise it would be right after the outsole. You can clearly see the midsole after the outsole then the Zoom unit.
So Kyrie Irving will be playing in these shoes as opposed to the hyperdunks because I will get these instead of those to honor my favorite player in the league
maybe you re right , i didnt notice the midsole in this photo. Hyperrev looks like a combination of nikes past models.. kobe 8 (mesh), kobe 1 (collar), kd V (logo n shape) and huarache 2k4’s (strap) and full length zoom is one of the best cushions nike has…
Love the shoe, but some colorways make it look really ugly.
I hate phylite I hate free runs and huaraches and I hate these
I wonder why nike doesn’t use cushlon and zoom as a basic combo for nike shoes?
It’s good, at least on the pegasus line it works very well
But why make a Phylite midsole since zoom isn’t very flexible at all, especially because it’s full length zoom?
Zoom is very flexible, the stiffness comes from the other materials like the upper or the midsole. Nightwing has said before that the reason some shoes with full length Zoom don’t flex much like foamposites are because of the stiff materials from the double lasted midsole. Also a lack of flex grooves and the type of rubber used can affect flexiblity. Its been a long time since Nike put full length Zoom in a modern basketball shoe then again the Lebron XIs have full length Zoom but even those have a double lasted midsole, however the newer foamposite is more flexible and gets more flexible as you break them in and the lunarlon in the Zoom insole also helps with flexibility.
Another factor that can affect the overall flexibility is the thickness and type of foam that encases the zoom unit. But phylite is very flexible since its used on Nike Free shoes. The only thing I’m really concerned about is the traction I hope play similar to the hyperdunk 2013 and the CrazyQuick.
ah full lenght zoom, hope this one will become the new ZOOM BB 1
OJ Mayo has been wearing these!
http://cdn.solecollector.com/media/up/2013/11/images/11_23%20OJ.jpg
Good catch.
I’m guessing that, even though there’s a lot of tech, it will be in the lower range. easily < $150. hopefully < $120
I love low tops feeling so much
lol love the minons on the last page
Is the traction Nike Blade Traction?
These just got released here a day ago, tried them on and I realised the laces only reach up to the midfoot area(just the last eyelet visible in the picture). Do you see this as a potential lockdown issue?
can anyone tell me how the kobe 7 elite full length zoom felt?