i'm pretty sure I've owned at least one pair of vans and one of chuck taylors continuously since 1987
― joygoat, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
i never wear vans out and about because i feel like it pushes me over the line to 'washed up skateboard dad trying too hard' but they're the best shoes on spikey platform bike pedals
― joygoat, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:47 (three years ago) link
I like the combo of the dark brown (gum) with the red on the ones I posted aboveCan’t find them online though , anyone have suggestions ?
― calstars, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:54 (three years ago) link
if you can eliminate the trying too hard part its a great look
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Monday, June 14, 2021 12:54 PM (forty-seven seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink
https://www.ebay.com/itm/283883895909?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&var=585324909692
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:02 (three years ago) link
not sure if those are the exact ones, that red is rose wood but the ones you posted might be apple butter
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
OR they might just look like apple butter in the photo cause there doesnt seem to be apple butter with the gum soles, or they could be another color idk
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
i think those are them tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
Thanks L
― calstars, Monday, 14 June 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
🤙
― lag∞n, Monday, 14 June 2021 19:13 (three years ago) link
https://stockx.com/vans-sk8-hi-notchback-defcon-multicam-arid
― calstars, Tuesday, 15 June 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
NB 990: Classic or Dad? Or douche?
Also, is 990 THEE classic? Or do other 99x count. Or is there a non-99x that is also classic?
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
I for one love the styling. Love the feel. But they really have an arrogant boomer thing about them. Extremely white-guy. Nevertheless lately I've been tempted to get a pair, haven't had a 99x in about 15 yrs.
Also, do they have to be grey
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:20 (three years ago) link
i had a pair but they were hand me downs. i wore them for a few months anyway, until a hole appeared at the bottom. i hated them and myself the entire time
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
i notoriously have no shoe style, though. i prefer bare feet, and i think 99.99999999999% of every runners shoe of all time is ugly
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:33 (three years ago) link
they all have "speed holes"
room: *nothing*shoe designer: stares intenselyroom: *nothing*shoe designer: adds another racing stripe
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:35 (three years ago) link
the 990 is def the "one that started it all" i kinda like the later ones tho with the smaller N 997, 998 etc
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
90s boomer runner is an extremely potent aesthetic, new balance, saab, salmon...
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 July 2021 00:39 (three years ago) link
it's not just sports shoes. the entire shoe genre and classification is centuries beyond ruin. i have a feeling the shoe scene in 240K BC was better
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:07 (three years ago) link
Been wearing boots lately, all sneakers been impressing me as doughy lately
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:10 (three years ago) link
*douchey
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:11 (three years ago) link
if the main goals are just to protect the foot and look fashionable, it seems like there should be sooooooooo many other options
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
but doughy does work! xp
― cerebral halsey (rip van wanko), Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:16 (three years ago) link
you guys should consider starting a we hate sneakers thread im sure it would be scintillating
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:21 (three years ago) link
i would but i don't think it would get enough ` foot traffic
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:25 (three years ago) link
ayye
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:26 (three years ago) link
i need a new running shoe actually should i buy a good one or a bad one
― Clay, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:27 (three years ago) link
the eternal question
― lag∞n, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
I would definitely contribute to a sneaker griefers thread
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:51 (three years ago) link
Recently bought some vans and they ran small.
Also They need to bring back the gum sole…white is just too bright
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 01:53 (three years ago) link
shoes shoes shoes, ack!
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Saturday, 3 July 2021 03:46 (three years ago) link
Calstars otm fucking hate the lack of gum soles out there
― brimstead, Saturday, 3 July 2021 04:32 (three years ago) link
For real
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 04:57 (three years ago) link
Clay I got these a few months ago and am actually pleased with how they lookhttps://www.startfitness.co.uk/brooks-trace-mens-running-shoes-blue.html
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 July 2021 07:36 (three years ago) link
always buy the bad shoe
― adam, Saturday, 3 July 2021 11:09 (three years ago) link
No offense tracer but those look like some walmart $19.95 specials
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 13:25 (three years ago) link
lol you should see the other brooks options
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 July 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link
also those are named after me
you gotta carve an R on there, you just have to
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/VDHkDPu.jpgThe fuck is this shit
― calstars, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:18 (three years ago) link
i love it. like something people would wear on tattooine. i wouldn't want it to get rained on.
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n
shoes are terrible
― Z_TBD (Karl Malone), Saturday, 3 July 2021 22:42 (three years ago) link
thanks for the rec trace, I actually like the look of that pair! but I’m more of a black and grey guy, idk, maybe I will branch out some. I need to go to a shoe store and talk to a shoe guy and have him look at my feet (in a normal way!) and say “here’s your problem, pal” bc my feet are definitely very weirdly shaped and I’ve only started running recently
― Clay, Saturday, 3 July 2021 23:50 (three years ago) link
https://img.runningwarehouse.com/watermark/rs.php?path=SR14W03-1.jpg&nw=700
anyways i went on down to the shoe store and talked to some guys and bought the suacony ride 14 which is not a very cool or pretty shoe but man does it feel good in stride. was told it was a good for beginners type jack of all trades running shoe and so this is what i wear now! love shoes!
― Clay, Monday, 12 July 2021 22:36 (three years ago) link
*saucony obv
― Clay, Monday, 12 July 2021 22:37 (three years ago) link
Looks like a shoe you’d see on the ground next to a dumpster
― calstars, Monday, 12 July 2021 22:56 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/mMVxqyU.jpgI like these
― calstars, Monday, 19 July 2021 00:32 (three years ago) link
nice, reminiscent of some of the old nike acgs
https://i.imgur.com/nAzoG1K.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 19 July 2021 00:36 (three years ago) link
https://www.sneakersnstuff.com/images/296871/sneakers-75.jpg
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link