>tfw New Balance could easily overtake Adidas and Nike if

they could overtake adidas and nike with the logo they have now

it would just be really hard, and take a long time. They can't do this until New Balance becomes the "it" thing.

They haven't even dropped a shoe that has been a "thing" like Roshes or Stan Smiths (not saying they dont have great shoes)

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>>12717893
You just haven't seen these

>>12717897
are you retarded, how the shoes looks has nothing to do with my point

>>12717900
They are going to be the new "it" shoes soon

Why are sneakerheads so obsessed with pissing matches between brands?

>>12717847
When you say overtake are you refering to quality of shoe in comfort/support or just fashion design?

When I see people wearing New Balance they always look cool on them.

When I'm at the store looking for a pair they look ridiculous, I can't even try them on.

I can't help but clown any picture I see of them.

New balances are the ultimate autism alert

>>12717904
nah cortez ogs will

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>>12717976
if the kendrick cosign really pops off, then i could see this happening. i really like the silhouette of them, and the j.crew colorway that childish gambino wore a while back were really fresh (pic releated)

>>12717904
lol

>>12717847
>Implying New Balance wants to compete with Adidas or Nike

>Not owning a nice cozy grey pair of Made in USA 998s and eating lobster in Martha's Vineyard

New Balance has it's market share amongst upper middle class Republicans from 18-100 locked up while Adidas and Nike rip each other new assholes for the admiration hypebeasts who have no brand loyalty and have to play bachelorette when buying sneakers because they can only afford a release from one brand and not the other.

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>>12718035
except new balance has been trying to reinvent itself as sports brand now and have directly trying to compete with boost tech with their Revlite and freshfoam

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>>12718035
>New Balance has it's market share amongst upper middle class Republicans from 18-100

I don't disagree but in my part of the country the only people you see wearing new balance sneakers are white elderly people (they wear the ugly geriatric NB sneakers) and the 18-30 year old crowd who are not at all republican and consists of mainly black american's but not exclusively.

So the shoes are kind of regional but definitely worn by a varied demographic.

werent 574s the meme shoe around here circa 2012

>>12717847
>>tfw New Balance could easily overtake Adidas and Nike if they changed their autism flag N logo
no they couldn't
you are really out of touch with realities of businesses if you actually think this

>>12717936
Holy shit i thought i was the only One

They seem cool when i see them around, but when i wanna coop they look shit

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>>12717847
New Balance gives quality and not GIMMICKS like adidas and Nike does.

The reason New Balance isnt so popular with the young and early adult crowd is because you idiots don't know what you want.

You have OCD with your hyped up sneakers and new gimmick technologies for your shoes that you somehow believe will make you preform better in sports or look cooler.

All Nike does is recycle it's older hits with Jordan Brand and give our more air nonsense.

While all Adidas does is show you Kanye (who for some reason has began the fashion god among young people for no reason considering he's about to be in his 40s) and some foam boost "technology" that you can get from Puma for lesser price.

New Balance has been here longer than either of them for good reason and it'll stay that way since even steve jobs stated NB is the brand to wear.

>>12718733

New copy pasta?

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>>12717847
What do you guys think of those? (009 olive) a friend of mine has the red ones and they are absolutely dope in my opinion

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Are NB's comfortable? I kinda like the silhouette's but hate the logo and the colorways.

>>12718733
>steve jobs
he's dead, so is New Balance

>>12718743
>Says this while owning some hyped up bs sneakers.

News flash, sneakers first priority is to protect your foot and be comfortable. Something Nike and Adidas lack in heavily.

You think because their sneakers look nice and like eye candy they're better? Fucking dumbass

>>12718741
>I have New Balance logo

So if they appealed to your dumbass brand logic and got 3 stripes, or a swoosh (literally a check mark) or some other thing you'd buy.

No wonder corporations think you consumers are retarded

>>12718741
Extremely. I've only ever owned the $200+ US made shoes, so I can't speak on the quality of their lower price tier shoes. I wear my 998 Bringback as airport shoes, or whenever I will be on my feet for a long time on concrete.

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>>12718757
>Airport shoes

>>12718761
I travel a lot, and I wear my most comfortable pair of shoes that are the easiest to get on/off whenever I do.

>>12718709
>/fa/
>having a grasp on reality
Yeah, wrong board friend.

>>12718750
y u mad tho?
you're clearly a NB fanboy who thinks that only NB makes shoes, which protect your feet and comfortable, newsflash, you are wrong, very wrong, but hey, at least you're not dead like Steve Jobs or NB, so you can have your subjective opinion no one cares about

>>12718750
>Adidas
>uncomfortable
Lmao literally the comfiest brand around and it's not even close. I own three pair of 2017 New Balance (574 Sport, 247, 990v4 USA), and while they're very decent shoes, Fresh Foam / Revlite just don't compare to Boost. I laugh when I look at the 574 Sport box, which is emblazoned with the slogan "A more intelligent approach to building shoes". For all of the effort of the NB engineers, they are hamstrung by their materials. Fresh Foam is good for shock absorption, but it lacks response and is ultimately fatiguing over the course of daylong use. Fresh Foam also creases despite the gimmicky hexagonal texture. Adidas' mid market Bounce midsole puts FF (and revlite) to shame in terms of comfort, performance and durability, let alone Boost.

The chemical engineers at BASF really deserve credit for the rise of Adidas.

>>12718754
No not really, I used to wear shoes made by Umbro and Lotto, I literally owned a pair of Lotto Stan Smith rip-offs (they were pretty good for the price actually).

I just don't like their logo.

>>12718750
>You think because their sneakers look nice and like eye candy they're better?

lmao

>>12717893
>They can't do this until New Balance becomes the "it" thing.
They had the 574, which was legitimately popular and became basic bitch-core for a good time, and the CT300 was meme'd pretty hard here. You can't say they haven't had a chance.

>>12718750
>You think because their sneakers look nice and like eye candy they're better? Fucking dumbass

Are you retarded?

>>12718796
>Adidas
>Literally the most comfortable brand around in sneakers

Pick one clown because you're far off from anything askin to human logic in sneaker wear.

While Adidas has suffered through it's entire existence especially in the last 30 years with losing to Nike in sportswear, they only recently in the passed 10 years got back on track.

Meanwhile New balance has stayed strong, wanna know why? Cause people prefer quality over gimmicks and Adidas can't innovate shit if it was in their face.

You're absolutely right when you say engineers deserve the credit for boosting adidas right now because they wouldn't be shit without it or Kanye.

Keep that in mind next time to talk shit about NB, hell I'll give Nike more credit than adidas.

At least they made shit that people actually like

>>12718834
Are you? If you are somehow under the impression that all quality things comes in extremely overpriced beautiful looking designs then you're fucking retarded to the nth degree.

Nike and Adidas spend majority of their time making their sneakers look appealing and less time on actual performance if you didn't know. Take any Nike and Adidas sneaker pasted 2 years of extensive usage and see how well it holds up

>Inb4 I had Nikes that lasted long bullshit.

Mind you Nike and Adidas are majority made in 3rd world counties while NB is American grown.

Yeah I'd love to be like you and give up quality over beauty. But this isn't Canada and I'm not a Hypebeast.

>>12718841
Why are you even on a fashion board if you don't care about aesthetics?

Also there are plenty of shoes that look better than Adidas and Nike and are more durable than NBs.

Also Adidas shoes are comfy as fuck

>>12718850
>Aesthetic means having poorly made trash that looks good

Oh my god

>>12718858
Dude adidas shoes are fine, they last me a year or two and then I replace them, no biggie

Once again there are also other shoes vastly superior to both. My MMM GATs have lasted me three years, are in great condition, comfortable af and look better than all NBs

>>12718841
>Take any Nike and Adidas sneaker pasted 2 years of extensive usage and see how well it holds up
I have SBs from like 2008 and some Adidas from 2012 that haven't fallen apart yet. I also have had sneakers that barely lasted a year. It's all anecdotal bullshit.

>>12718866
Sure buddy, post some picks of talking sneakers now.

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>>12718733
>all nike does is...
>while all adidas does is...
Summer isn't over yet i see

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>>12718870
Just for you, chucklefuck. Potato quality and all.

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Thoughts on 300's? The main reason I've avoided New Balance up to this point is that most of there designs are very "chunky" and I prefer something more streamlined.

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>>12718886
the vintages are where its at, so comfy

>>12718894
These are nice, I like how the logo is less prominent

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seriously those are so on point

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>>12718935
even the new 574s

>>12718935
Congratulations, you have the same taste as my 60 year old mother, who just copped a pair of Cruze fresh foams. They're Roshe derivative, two years late. Not bad, but unoriginal and needs better colorways.

>>12718937
These look cool
>>12718935
These look like Roshes

>>12718049

>reinvent itself as a sports brand

They have always been a sports brand dumbass, they're the preferred choice (along wih asics) over Nike and Adidas for running.

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>>12718894
Thanks guys, I just bought a pair

>>12718741
>Are NB's comfortable?
Not all are, but some of the comfiest shoes I've owned are New Balance.

997, 998 and 1500 are very comfy. Currently my most comfortable pair is 996 deconstructed, which is actually mid-tier Asian made. I hear the 247 is very comfy too... revlite is a great sole material.

The cheaper classic models like 420 or 574 are nothing special in terms of comfort. Just old fashioned sneakers with old fashioned foam soles.

>>12719154
420s are comfy as fuck

>>12719154
How does revlite and fresh foam compare to boost tech?

>>12718841
m8 you're way off

you can fuck your USA/UK made NBs, shoes like the AF1s or Stans are literally indestructible and those are made in China, no-one said that NB doesn't make quality shoes, but i have a feeling that you don't own anything else than NB and you're just talking out of your ass and hate when it comes to other brands

>>12719197
Ok cushioning. No energy return. Creases really easily. Low tech. Only advantage is easier to clean than Boost.

>>12719219
Spot-on. That dude typifies the autistic NB enthusiast.

>>12718956
They're really not the go to running shoes, not that adidas or Nike are either.
Mizuno, Saucony and Asics are all wayy more running focussed than NB

>>12719316
Brooks too

In terms of great running shoes Nike, Adidas and NB have about the same number of models each year

>>12718754
Logos can be ugly.
That logo is fucking ugly.

>>12718858
They look good and they're fine from what I can tell.
I'm not gonna buy an uglier shoe just to have "extra performance" or whatever the fuck you're talking about. I'm not an olympic athlete.

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>>12718935
>tfw the NB designs that get praised are the ones that hide the logo better

>>12717847
i like the logo and i think the made in usa models are just a very comfy and subtle way to flex.

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cop or not?

my question is WHY are nb so much more expensive than other shoes? Like a normal pair can be ~£150. Although I think ASICS gel are also similarly pricey. Are they that much better than Nike/Adidas in terms of quality?

>>12719879
Not true, unless you're specifically talking about NB models made in the USA or UK like 997 or 998 in which case the answer is: because they aren't made by children in third world countries.

>>12718740
I like them a lot, get them m8

>>12717847
Nike swoosh is the ugliest

>>12717904
they're shit unironically

>>12720336
why

>>12720487
>style is direct lift of competitors' top selling models from 2015-2017 (Roshe + NMD)
>materials are inferior to Adidas and price is higher than Nike
>ugly color choices

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>/fa/ggots arguing about numale tier sneakers
>not representing the stone cold gangster as fuck Monarchs

Literally KYS - the thread

>>12720497
Child molester special

>>12720505
MADE IN USA the only thing saving it

>>12720509

>triggered numale response

Monarchs are alpha.

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>>12720515
I know two people who daily wear Monarchs. Both are shaped like pic related. Both are over 50.

>>12720522
That fit is on point though.

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average new balance fan

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>>12717847
>>12720544
How did nobody post this yet ffs

>>12720522

Nobody really wants to hear about your parents, you faggot.

Though how did two people with such patrician taste in shoes raise such a snivelling little numale?

Help me find the right NB shoes for me. Grill, would like to wear them both with long skirts, jeans and wider trousers. My main criteria is that they are to have a thicker sole and no upturned toe box. So far I love the silhouette of the 530's.

>>12718765
Then switch to Adidas. Easier to slip on and off and boost is the comfiest sole in history

>>12718879
Wheres the nb shill now lmao

>>12717910
this, they worry too much about brands to the point that they refuse to wear autism sneakers

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should I?

>>12718761
>not having an airport outfit

>>12720982
If you like them, sure... personally I wouldn't. 1500 is a good model but I haven't seen any in colorways that I liked lately.

>>12717976
this. Almost every girl I know has bought a pair of these within the past month or so.

>>12718754
kek

>>12718717

We are three then

>>12720544
he's tryna bag it, hop off his dick

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You don't get it, the autism of the N and the rebelliousness that comes with wearing it anyway is the appeal

When you're a hot 20 year old wearing something normally reserved for grandpas and people with mental or health problems, there's an edge.

The shoes you posted will get lame quickly too. They just look new in 2017

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>>12718841
shiddd i guess these are for you then

>>12718750
Converse makes the best shoes

>>12718898
>I like how the logo is less prominent

lol afraid to be outed as autistic

>>12718741
lmao he had to pick an uglier sidepiece to go out with that day as a compromise for getting to wear those shoes

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>>12718754

>>12718690
what is the unironic model of these pair?

>>12721263
574 core

I really don't know what to do. I am looking for a pair of NB sneakers but the only colorways I like much enough to put money into it are for "male" shoes. Some of them come in smaller sizings, some not (I am a 8 US/6 UK). Should I cop them anyways as long as they are the right size or will I risk them being too broad for my feet?

>>12721557
I didn't understand the rest of the rambling, but most NBs are tts. At worst, size up a half size. They aren't wide imo either. But I've only worn 996, 300 and some old non slip work shoes.

>>12721250
that was his girl for a while if i re call

>>12721455
thxthxthxthx

since riri's wearing them i feel confident

>>12721227
goes without saying but yeah

>>12721227
>i wear these ironically

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Feels like I'm slipping my foot into a pussy they're so comfortable.

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New Balance seems pretty popular in japan. Also I think girls look pretty cute wearing new balances. I love how most of them are suede, the chunky sole is a big off putting but I bet they are comfy af

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>tfw fell for the new balance meme

I thought they were NMD killers but they're just expensive and shitty Roshes

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Cop or not?

>>12718035
>998s
You mean the glorious 993s?

>>12718741
I own a pair and no, I don't find them comfortable.

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Chad's shoe of choice in the southern US

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>>12722835
>not coping the navy one

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>>12718879
Those are both sick on an unrelated note

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why east asian especially Japanese love NB so much /fa/?

>>12725859

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>>12725860
oops

>>12717847
Who cares what sneaker heads are buying they're mostly retarded cucks

>>12725872
Money encourages innovation anon.

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I w

>>12725985
posted so fast didnt even finish my sentence.
I really want these but they dont have them in my size.
They are M995 btw

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Filas coming back

>>12725859
Because they are cultured people

>>12726001
The meme is already dead

>>12717897
w2c this 'Z' brand shoe?

>>12722858

yes if your aesthetic is milsurp/jap americana

>>12726001
yeah at urbie outtie

>>12720522
W2c his jacket

>>12717953
>New balances
>autism alert
I don't know where you live but you're wrong

What is the best NB model?

>>12717897
Oh I have.

>>12725985
How old are you and how many kids do you have? If your answers are greater than 35 and greater than 2 then these might be the shoes for you.

>>12717847
Where can I find OPs pic in the UK?

ASOS had them but they're out of stock.

>>12720549
>Chad stride

>>12725859
it's like an american having kanji on their shoe

>>12728427
>N is an American's alphabet

>>12726001
goat tracksuits, lame footwear

>>12728428
>n isn't part of the alphabet used by americans
what are you saying nigger

>>12718740
>>12718049
>>12717897
these look good becouse the "N" is in the same color as the rest of the shoe

>>12728439
These are the worst ITT
??

>>12717847
>tfw the N logo is what has kept me from buying several New Blanaces

>>12718879
do you buy your shoes too big or what?
whats up with that flexion

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should I lads?

>>12728596
I cycle a lot and my sneakers do that after a while.

how hard would it be to remove the N logo?