They all have some sort of flexible harness that stretches to fit over your shoe and then contracts to hold the actual traction devices, which may be steel or aluminum spikes, coils, or chains ...

‘Every shoe company has stepped up’ New Balance, which also had ‘super spikes’ in Tokyo, and Brooks are among those brands ...

And so the spiked golf shoe was born. Although today’s spikes – or ‘cleats’ for our American readers – are unrecognisable from those of the past and they are now soft plastic rather than ...

Top Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu scoffed when he first saw Asics Corp.'s spikeless track shoes, featuring a honeycombed carbon fiber outer sole, eschewing metal spikes. “Did you really ...