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Lucids and Crimson racers arrived Monday from Ndc. Can't wait .
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^^i know this is rehashed all the time
but if we're voting.
Unpadded wayyyy> padded...i feel like they don't look that different, but the feel and comfort of the shoe is vastly superiorl.
i personally didn't care at all, until i felt the difference
but if we're voting.
Unpadded wayyyy> padded...i feel like they don't look that different, but the feel and comfort of the shoe is vastly superiorl.
i personally didn't care at all, until i felt the difference
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Here in Australia $220 IS RETAIL for Flyknits.
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U really think theres no comfort difference between padded and unpadded??
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anyone have a link to some laces similar to the OG Racer laces?
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Just a visual eyesore for us is all, but as long as you like them it's all good. Congrats!I don't even mind them to be honest- sure, unpadded would of been my preference but at $110 apiece I definitely can't complain.
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It has nothing to do with feeling "OG", I own both unpadded and padded and they're both comfortable, I just prefer how they look without the padding. Let's be honest here, would you prefer the jumpman over NA on your Jordans? Probably not.
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You totally missed the point here, it's about aesthetics over comfort for most people on here. How many people on this forum you think actually hoop in their J's?
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Indeed- not to mention on a shoe that's almost two years old and fetches for more than twice that price on ebay.
Correct.
I don't see the big difference from padded or not- the only thing I notice that's different is the laces.
Now sell me those White / Black Trainers for $200 and you have almost got the Black / White for free ... that is a real steal!
... Do it ...
Haha- the white ones are actually my current favorite pair of FK's- didn't even like them at first seeing I thought they were too plain but seeing them in the flesh made me a believer. They look clean and will go with all my bright odd color stuff. Perfect summer pair.
Oh, and I unDS'ed them to attend a family dinner at a nice restaurant,so it looks like I'll have to keep the now. Hah.
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I just bought 15 pairs of these socks and they got here in one day. UNIQLO warehouse is in NJ. Love the socks.
http://www.uniqlo.com/us/men/innerwear-and-loungewear/socks.html
They even have a Greyscale color to match the GS FK Racer that just came out
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anyone have any links to the closest laces i can buy to the ribbon lace? also how long for a size 8 for trainers.
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Great fitting, cheap socks. Love the colors.
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After trying on a padded and then a unpadded, the sides of the toe box feel slightly tighter but it's not a drastic difference like Jordan's to Flyknits
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Unpadded first generation. Still holdin up.
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Paying extra for style and comfort you prefer is foolish? Okay.
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Didn't like these until I saw them in person. Scooped them up for $109 locally.
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In my opinion, yes. The difference imo is not substantial enough to pay extra for it. To each his own.
The switch to ribbon laces is a bigger deal to me than the switch to the padded collar.
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I think he is trying to say it shouldn't make that much of a difference, but it's like the argument between the Nike Air vs Jumpman. It's one detail that changed but an important one to most ppl on here.
Btw the more we talk about the preference of unpadded trainers the more the prices rise on eBay
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Exactly. I do understand the argument but its pointless. Ive seen numerous people pass up deals on padded white/black and black/white trainers because they wanted to hunt down unpadded ones. And this was around when they were going for $96 on NDC last summer. Dudes probably ended paying double for the unpadded which is just absurd.
But like I said, to each their own.
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I think these are underrated. They are awesome in person. I really like the contrasting colors.
Didn't like these until I saw them in person. Scooped them up for $109 locally.
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IMO the unpadded ones look sleeker, different than any other shoe. The collar hugs your ankle a lot tighter. There is a reason the htm versions still won't be padded. The htm free were un padded even though they made the switch to ribbon laces.
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I bought a pair and they are NOT the same as the nike laces. They are smaller and rounder
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I remember that! I pulled the trigger on the whites because it was too good to pass up and I needed them badly. Would I prefer unpadded of course, but i black and white unpadded trainers are very tough to come by now. I suggest you guys hop on a deal if you find one on unpadded because in the end if an unpadded does come up, we will have a bidding war on our hands EVERY TIME. The person with the most money willing to drop will get them end of story.
I honestly think it's outrageous some of the prices the racers are going for knowing they were on CLEARANCE! THESE THINGS SAT!! I've learned the best time to buy a racer is when they go on sale, which always happens. After that, some weird thing happens that one person puts up a price of $300 (exaggerating to a certain extent) for a shoe they got for $80 and suddenly we all need it now. AKA HYPE!
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Padded vs unpadded....hope you all know its still the SAME SHOE...lmao
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@Andrepad
That's sneakers in general these days though. People want what they can't have and also the fact that the more limited the availability the higher the price shoots.
Cyber & Speed Yellow were afterthoughts for Roshes in 2012 but a year later so many members were willing to pay over a 50% markup because the pairs available weren't in abundance. The most egregious example of recent is the Kobe IX Elite Low - there's absolutelY no way the grey and black pairs fetch their asking prices without the HTM hype machine.
But that's the nature of the game now. Who could have predicted super secret links needed to buy shoes or entering raffles not for free pairs, but for the honor to buy them.
Hell, I even fell victim to the changing times. I bought the blacks unpadded for $53 in 2012 and sold on eBay not to long after because I felt the performance difference wasn't that different from all my Free 3.0s I was snagging for ~$30. Now I'm paying $250 for whites because of the limited pairs floating in an extremely rare size.
On one hand I think that if I was patient and waited for the clearance code I could literally get almost 5 pairs for that price. But sometimes you gotta stop overanalyzing and allow yourself to live a little.
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Fools trying to be elitist putting down the padded version
Theres nothing aesthetic between a padded collar and a unpadded collar. it looks almost the same, especially when you wear them.
Comfort wise, the shoes is already so comfortable, the comfort between padded and unpadded is minimal. The only real debate between padded and unpadded is if you run in them, and that is all just preference.
getting the W/B B/W trainers for retail is a steal. If you are going to pass on them, pm me and ill buy them if its my size.
People puting up a dabate between the NA on the back of jordans...please go back to the jordans thread.
