The following examples make our point clearer. But the lack of ride consistency, and hence – the lack of versatility – is the Pegasus 37’s Achilles heel. Every shoe has its quirks – even the seemingly perfect ones. If Nike wanted to go minimal, they should have done what the Saucony Endorphin Shift has done with its lightweight yet comfortable upper. A thin tongue increases the top-down lacing pressure and reduces interior comfort while being detrimental to the overall quality of the heel fit. While there’s nothing wrong with that form factor, a supposedly beginner-friendly shoe like the Pegasus is no place for it. Also, the lack of a padding tongue flap creates more ‘play’ room for the foot to move around.Ĥ. The thin tongue has nearly no padding, so the upper looks like a transplant from the Streak 7. And unlike the past Pegasus models, there’s no hard cellulose board layer over the midsole. The heel midsole travel causes the foot to compress the foam, thus creating an illusion of heel slippage. The new outer mesh doesn’t stretch at all, so the interiors aren’t very accommodating.ģ. However, there’s a strange shallowness and tightness along the length of the large toe. The forefoot has a decent amount of room, and there’s even a 4E (extra wide) available. The softer heel also means that there’s a short acclimatization period involved more on this in our ride section.Ģ. This design lacks the connected feel of the two-bag or full-Zoom Air set-up – something that the previous Pegasus models had perfected to an art form. By using a forefoot-only Zoom Air bag and a React foam heel, the ride versatility goes for a toss. Our reviews tend to run long, and that’s a lot of scrolling on your over-priced mobile device.ġ. This way, you can skip the entire rant if you’re in a hurry.
In true Solereview fashion, we’ll get to the minutiae later in the review. It has a comfortable ride, a passable upper fit, and is as benign as the Asics Gel-Cumulus.īut there are several things the Pegasus 37 is not. By no stretch of the imagination is the Nike Pegasus 37 is not a bad or inferior running shoe. A Saucony Kinvara 5 happens.Īnd if it isn’t (already) abundantly clear, we’ll say it again to prevent our inbox pummeled by angry emails.
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In essence, these shoes were based on an ideal and did a great job of adhering to it.īut what happens when a product deviates from its template? The 2019 Nike Free 5.0 happens. These products promised a blend of performance characteristics and then stood by that. There’s a good reason why Nike models such as Pegasus, Vomero, and Free were so successful during their heydays. That’s it, Solereview has gone loopy after not publishing a shoe review in half a year.Īnd yet, this mini-digression is very relevant. While you’re at it, also have a go at Plato’s ‘Allegory of the cave’.Īt this point, you’re probably scratching your head at the mention of an ancient Greek philosopher in a running shoe review. This Youtube video simplifies this concept. Without this guideline or template, a product or idea will lack most of the attributes or qualities that make it an ideal. Here, Plato suggests that every creation is based on an ideal or a ‘form’. Plato’s The Republic – a Socratic dialogue – has a chapter called the ‘Theory of forms’. But here, we’ll bring up Plato – Socrates’s student and an equally influential philosopher. Most people know Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher of infinite wisdom. It is just that both these shoes are a poor match for the template they were supposed to be based on. In the same context, the Vomero 14 isn’t terrible either. Is the Pegasus really that bad? Not at all. With everything that’s going on in this strange year, very few people will mourn the Pegasus’s swift fall from the versatility ladder. And this year breaks the Pegasus’s streak as a dependable and versatile neutral trainer. And if you haven’t noticed, 2020 is here. The last time Nike did something weird with the Pegasus was back in the mid-nineties back then, the Peg even came in a Max-Air flavor. It is extremely rare for any running shoe franchise to deliver consistently year after year, let alone managing that streak for several decades.
Until last year, Nike Pegasus enjoyed a great run.