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Update on my NbY VFN2 Flyknits.
Rumor has it, Kipchoge complained that Flyknit uppers absorbed sweat and became heavier during runs. So Nike started coating the Flyknit with a rubber like coating that still let it behave like a knit sweater or sock, but repelled water.
My NbY VFN2s have this rubber-like coating. It works, in that it repells water. However, it seems to electrostatically attract dust. Half of my morning run loop is in gravel and the rubberized flyknit really collects and holds on to the dust. Yes all my running shoes get dusty, but this black flyknit really holds on to it.
I tend to drag my right heel when I return my foot from back to front in the running gait. All my running shoes have a flat section worn on the right rear lateral side of outsole. My VFN2 outsoles also started wearing down in this area, and eventually the lateral side rubber strip peeled back. I have since just peeled off this portion of the strip and all is good again. I don't even feel this missing portion. I'm now waiting for the left shoe to do the same, eventually.
Rumor has it, Kipchoge complained that Flyknit uppers absorbed sweat and became heavier during runs. So Nike started coating the Flyknit with a rubber like coating that still let it behave like a knit sweater or sock, but repelled water.
My NbY VFN2s have this rubber-like coating. It works, in that it repells water. However, it seems to electrostatically attract dust. Half of my morning run loop is in gravel and the rubberized flyknit really collects and holds on to the dust. Yes all my running shoes get dusty, but this black flyknit really holds on to it.
I tend to drag my right heel when I return my foot from back to front in the running gait. All my running shoes have a flat section worn on the right rear lateral side of outsole. My VFN2 outsoles also started wearing down in this area, and eventually the lateral side rubber strip peeled back. I have since just peeled off this portion of the strip and all is good again. I don't even feel this missing portion. I'm now waiting for the left shoe to do the same, eventually.