Does rotating shoes cause them to wear down at slower rate due to the DEcompression of materials? HowLong4 Decomp2OccurFully? 24 hours? So if you do doubles (<12 hours between runs) you may want to consider rotating, right?
Or is this all a myth?
Does rotating shoes cause them to wear down at slower rate due to the DEcompression of materials? HowLong4 Decomp2OccurFully? 24 hours? So if you do doubles (<12 hours between runs) you may want to consider rotating, right?
Or is this all a myth?
ive heard the same, any addtl insight anyone?
not sure. Did Leave a couple of pairs where I didn't use them for a while. Felt like they came back from the dead, when I used them again.
Not true. "Decompression" of EVA foam can be measured in seconds, so there is no real benefit to rotating our shoes (at least, no benefit for the longevity of the shoe).
Decompression isn't why you want to rotate shoes. Letting the shoes dry out completely between uses extents their life considerably. When I was doing doubles I rotated through 4 pairs of shoes, although I would use my newest shows a few times on the easier 2nd runs just to be sure nothing rubbed me wrong.
By considerable I mean around 20% more life, and I didn't buy shoes any more frequently (actually less) and didn't swap out all four at once. I just added shoes to the rotation and the oldest dropped off and went to the rescue mission or a life of mowing lawns. I track by writing the date I got the shoes on the outside of the heels with a sharpy.
Myth.
nerp wrote:
Not true. "Decompression" of EVA foam can be measured in seconds, so there is no real benefit to rotating our shoes (at least, no benefit for the longevity of the shoe).
I put all my shoes in a hydraulic press.
That way I don't have to worry about them decompressing.
This thread is about wearing your right shoe on your left foot, and your left shoe on your right food, for an extended period of time and then later switching back? Am I missing something here?
I do it more for moisture management than anything else.
FACT: If you rotate two pairs of shoes they each will last twice as long using only one pair!
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