From The Public To The Minority, What Has Saucony Been Through These Years?

With nearly 2 years of running hot, the topic of running shoes has attracted more and more attention.

Retro running shoes, because of their classic appearance and comfortable foot fit for everyday wear, have also become the choice of dress in many people's lives.

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What is the first thing to think of?

NB? ASICS? Or NIKE? If you think these choices are too many people to wear, let's look at today's model.

It is a brand from the United States, its popularity in China is not high, but it has a history of more than 100 years.

And in its

There are also many classic works. It is the Saucony (St. John's) known as "Rolls-Royce in sports shoes" in the United States.

Saucony was born in 1898 and has a hundred years of brand history. Its name comes from a river called "Saucony" in Pennsylvania, USA. This is also the origin of the logo logo pattern on the side of its shoes.

If NB is known for its "presidential running shoes", Saucony is no better than that.

As early as 1963, Saucony became the first shoe manufacturer of EdwardHiggins White in the United States.

Many classic works have been born in its centenary history. According to the launch time, there are mainly Jazz, Shadow and GRID series.

Jazz Original, which was born in 1979, can be said to be one of the most classic shoes in Saucony retro shoes.

In appearance, it has the exclusive running shoes of that age, carrying a soft EVA middle sole, a slip proof triangular tooth sole and a vamp.

The classic collocation is full of retro feeling.

St. John's Originals Jazz Original men's retro sneakers

Jazz Low Pro is modified on the basis of Jazz Original, retaining the classic appearance elements of Jazz Original, lighter weight, fitting feet, and more slender design on shoe type is also more suitable for Asian foot type.

San Kang Ni Originals Jazz Low Pro men's Retro Running Shoes

After Jazz Original, Saucony launched the DXN Trainer footwear in 1983.

DXN Trainer is also a running shoe specially designed for long-distance runner Rod Dixon, who also won the championship in the 1983 New York marathon, showing its performance advantage at that time.

Comfort is made of EVA medium sole and filled synthetic lining to absorb moisture in shoes.

St. John's Originals DXN Trainer men's retro sneakers

As the first member of the Shadow series, Shadow Original made many breakthroughs at that time.

Compared with Jazz Original, it is more plump in shape and richer in material usage.

A large area of breathable mesh is added and TPU is added to enhance the overall stability.

Although it seems that these two changes are not prominent now, at that time, the application of these two technologies made ShadowOriginal improve greatly in terms of comfort and stability.

St. John's Shadow Original Suede men's retro sneakers

Compared with Shadow Original, Shadow 5000 has not changed much in appearance.

But there is a bright spot. In the midsole part, two densities of EVA are used. The low density EVA of the forehand provides a softer foot feeling. The EVA with relatively high density in the middle and rear palm ensures the stability in motion.

TPU is also fixed at the heel. The XT-600 rubber is added to the outsole, which has a great improvement on the overall durability.

The material of breathable mesh surface is also retained and combined into a head.

St. John's Originals Shadow 5000 women's Retro Running Shoes

GRID can be said to be one of the pronoun of Saucony, because it represents the core of Saucony products.

The GRID mid bottom shock mitigation system introduced in 1991 is based on the elastic grid made of Hytrel high toughness elastic fiber. It absorbs the impact of the motion and disperses the force of the middle bottom to improve the stability at the time of landing.

Also rely on the GRID technology, Saucony sneakers successfully joined the ranks of the world's four largest jogging shoes.

GRID SD, like GRID technology, was also born in 1991. It used different density midsole design on the soles of Shadow 5000 and added GRID shock mitigation technology to further improve its seismic performance.

The shape also used a variety of materials, the most common is the mesh and leather upper stitching.

The upper sides of the upper sides are provided with triangular fixed pieces to improve the stability of both sides of the upper part of the lace.

St. John's Originals Grid SD men's retro sneakers

GRID 8000 was first launched in 1993. It is the second running shoes in GRID retro series of Saucony retro series.

Compared with GRID SD, the overall popularity is stronger, and its biggest feature is the design of the "canine" texture of the sole.

St. John's Originals Grid 8000 men's retro sneakers

GRID 9000 is the last pair of retro running shoes introduced in the Saucony GRID series. It is also the most popular Saucony shoe in recent years, and it was released in 1994.

The innovative one-sided tongue design is used to eliminate the uncomfortable feeling caused by the sliding of the tongue and tongue during the running process, so as to ensure the fit between the shoe and the foot.

The combination of light mid bottom +GRID mitigation technology provides a very comfortable wearing experience.

Although these shoes are no longer able to meet professional running needs in the current environment, they do not prevent them from becoming part of the retro classic.

And because these retro shoes are very good match, they are now popular with more and more people.

Maybe Saucony is small and not so easy to control, but that's the charm of it.

In your mind, what is the most classic retro shoe?