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 ...

In August 2022, Fabian Schweizer, the Director of Athlete Services at Adidas, discussed the genesis of the shoe in a video titled “Building The Fastest Sprint Spike – adidas Prime SP 2 | The ...

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 ...