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Forefoot air units in mine are toast after a couple of wears. 
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Forefoot air units in mine are toast after a couple of wears.
How so; ; how can you tell? Sorry to hear that.
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Forefoot air units in mine are toast after a couple of wears.
Just be happy that you ever felt it!
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Same. Started getting pretty bad squeaking.Forefoot air units in mine are toast after a couple of wears.
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Oh brother. I haven't even worn mine yet but if these emit a noticeably loud squeak they're getting sold. 
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Maybe it’s the insoles. Baby powder usually does the trick for that
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It’s between the air unit ant strobel board. Dry lube should do the trick as usual but this is annoying af, and a really bad sign for the white cements.
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Faint squeaking, and the feeling that air units are moving around slightly. Had it happen in other shoes but honestly can’t recall it happening in a pair of 3’s, and I used to play ball in 3’s. It is what it is
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Under the insole? Awesome!
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Actually you want to spray into these holes in the strobel. There’s also one in the forefoot (couldn’t get a photo) which is the one I needed to treat.
-Insert straw from spray can and spray liberally
-Reinsert insole then walk a few steps to distribute the lubricant (you’ll notice there’s no more squeaking).
-Remove insoles and let them off-gas outside for a few hours.
It’s magic. I’ve used it on quite a few pairs at this point.
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I wear mine almost everyday no squeaking problem yet
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Actually you want to spray into these holes in the strobel. There’s also one in the forefoot (couldn’t get a photo) which is the one I needed to treat.
-Insert straw from spray can and spray liberally
-Reinsert insole then walk a few steps to distribute the lubricant (you’ll notice there’s no more squeaking).
-Remove insoles and let them off-gas outside for a few hours.
It’s magic. I’ve used it on quite a few pairs at this point.
Yeah, I've done this before with my space jam 11s but used lithium grease spray; works great (better and longer lasting than baby powder). That's great it worked for you on these.
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UNDSing today now that I got WC3s on the way
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Dang, now IIIs are squeaking, too? It’s like Nike factories don’t actually even attach the airbags to the midsoles anymore.
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Wait, that’s @rainking’s company Blaster Dry Lube? Why the hell is he trying to stop buying shoes. He’s loaded.
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My 2nd pair of BC3's and my RC3's both squeaked for a day after about the 10th or so wear and then went away.
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That's wild. I wore my '18 Black Cements FREQUENTLY before selling them and don't think I ever had an issue with them squeaking.
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Why you sell?
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Did you sell?
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They looked like fakes next to my '22 Fire Reds**
(edit: I typed the wrong shoe lmao)Semi serious jokes aside, I figured they'll come back soon though probably reimagined, but if the White Cements are anything to go by, I'm sure the next iteration of the Black Cements will be great so I didn't mind letting em go. The next pair will look right at home next to my Fire Reds and next month's White Cements.
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Gotta get me a pair before summerUNDSing today now that I got WC3s on the way
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DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE, get with the program.
Did you not see the ep height on them?
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Nah. The squeak went away after one day of wear on both. It never came back.
My first pair of '18 BC3's I wore to the ground. Even wore them in the Philippines for a month as my main rotation. Never had a problem with them. 2nd pair BC3 started squeaking after about 10 wears but went away that same day. Still currently in my rotation. Same with the RC3. Might of just been a little moisture or an outsole squeak. Never bothered to investigate once it left.
