adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

This Fall adidas Originals is set to drop a white, blue and yellow colorway of the classic ZX 700 runner, which will be on hand at Crooked Tongues.

The adidas ZX 700 can get a little overlooked in favour of the 500, 600 and 800. Even looking at old catalogues, the 700 never seemed to circulate like its predecessors and sequel did, but it’s a beautiful piece of running shoe design. Some serious thought went into this 1985 creation, with a focus on overpronation and oversupination and plenty of biomechanical thinking in the design. The “wave profile” for support and traction is a mysterious addition that just sounds good and while the heel counter was akin to the one that the 600 introduced to us, that was a training release, while the ZX 700 was a more serious distance creation that felt a little more hardcore. On makeups like this, the ridged reflective panel and toe applications have been muted entirely with a synthetic suede treatment, but they still look impressive. While we’d sooner see the duo of meshes implemented, rather than the solitary version deployed on this variation, who can resist a UCLA colourway of anything? The maize and blue works perfectly here, with that solitary Ghilly eyelet in white finishing things perfectly, continuing a solid summer for fans of classic adidas running (watch this space for details of something very special along those lines) and these arrive in the Crooked Tongues store very soon. … 

adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

adidas Originals ZX 700 at Crooked Tongues

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