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Can running shoes really start costing this much? (Read 458 times)


#artbydmcbride

    Oh Noes!!

     

    New Balance 2040<input type="hidden" value="M2040GL1" />

    Cushioning

    $274.99

     

    Runners run

    Sees-the-Ground


    barefootin'

      made in USA

      Bill Wagnon / stl

        MJ5


        Chief Unicorn Officer

          That's totally ridiculous! I thought Newton's were expensive. Sheesh!

          Mile 5:49 - 5K 19:58 - 10K 43:06 - HM 1:36:54

          Kerry1976


          Master of the Side Eye

            what the......

             

            MTA: that is crazy!

            TRUST THE PROCESS

             

             

             

              made in USA

               

              That is really, really interesting.  90/270 = 33%. I cannot be outraged since I will go on buying shoes. But, man, is that really how little we pay overseas laborers?

              "If you have the fire, run..." -John Climacus

                made in USA

                 

                Not sure if it takes 3 times as much labor as other NB shoes to make.

                LedLincoln


                not bad for mile 25

                  They will cost whatever fools like us are willing to pay. Sad


                  Maniac

                    Good grief....I paid $141 for my most recent pair (Saucony Triumph 10).  That nearly caused me to start rethinking this hobby.

                    Marathon Maniac #6740

                     

                    Goals for 2015:

                     

                    Run 3 marathons (modified:  Run 2 marathons--Lost Dutchman 02/2015 and Whiskey Row 05/2015)

                    Run a 50-miler (Ran a 53.8 mile race 11/14/2015)

                    Run 1,500 miles (uhhh...how about 1,400?)

                     

                    Stay healthy

                    xor


                      I give you the Salomon S Lab Sense trail shoe.

                       

                       

                      It'll set you back a cool $200.

                       

                      As for Newtons, I won a pair.  They are about dead at 150 miles.  I MAY get 200 out of them.  (most people do way better, but I have a hitch in my form where I twist my right foot when I push off.  And those Newton lug things do not like that kind of stressor)  So happy I didn't pay the Newton price for that.

                       

                      Ok, bye.

                       

                        These bad boys will set you back $399.

                         

                         

                        And then you still need a bike!

                        Runners run


                        Village people

                          These bad boys will set you back $399.

                           

                           

                          And then you still need a bike!

                           

                          Everyone needs a little black shoe.

                          stadjak


                          Interval Junkie --Nobby

                            Oh Noes!!

                             

                            New Balance 2040

                             

                            Cushioning

                            $274.99

                             

                            Well, they had to import them from 27 years in the future.

                            2021 Goals: 50mpw 'cause there's nothing else to do

                            PaulyGram


                            Fast is better than long

                              Tom made it near impossible for me to read this thread.

                              BoilerTom

                               

                              I have been actually laughing out loud for minutes.

                              2017 Goals: Give up goals; they're stoopid

                               

                              Give a man a fire and he'll be warm the rest of the night;
                              Set a man afire and he'll be warm the rest of his life.

                              What in the Jehu?

                                These bad boys will set you back $399.

                                 

                                 

                                And then you still need a bike!

                                 

                                And most people know* that bikes cost $5k.

                                And, every bike shoe costs $399.

                                Biking is expensive, people!

                                Smile

                                 

                                *or conditioned to believe

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                                #1: Do what I can do

                                #2: Enjoy life

                                 

                                 

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