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Deconstructed Report of Nike KYRIE 7 EP

We have described the appearance details of Kyrie 7. It has made a big change on the appearance. So what about its technical configuration? Let’s have a look at it today.

KYRIE 7 EP

Splitting the left shoe from middle

We can see the internal structure from the side section

Separating the vamp and insole of right shoe

The vamp is covered with nylon reinforced mesh fabric. The durability is good.

The reverse side of vamp

The leather and counter improve the stability and supporting performance of shoe heel

The extended shoe heel is filled with extra foam padding.

The shoe-pad is printed with the technical information of Kyrie 7: ZOOM TURBO, COMPOSITE TEXTILE and COMPUTATIONAL TRACTION.

The surface of insole fabric is EVA.

The reverse side of insole fabric is non-woven which is printed with the information of KYRIE 7.

The ZOOM TURBO air cushion covers the whole forefoot insole.

The ZOOM TURBO air cushion is covered with dents which improve the multi-directional flexibility.

The length of EUR42.5 ZOOM TURBO air cushion is about 113.88mm.

The width of EUR42.5 ZOOM TURBO air cushion is about 83.95mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 ZOOM TURBO air cushion IS ABOUT 8.09mm.

The rear insole is printed with the product information.

The outboard of forefoot sole is shark model. It improves the lateral support.

The blue TPU covers the outside of forefoot sole. It improves the stability.

The outsole of Kyrie 7 is XDR rubber, the pattern is big and deep.

The thickness of EUR42.5 forefoot insole and outsole is about 16.93mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 rear insole and outsole is about 21.87mm. The drop height is 4.94mm.

The parts of Kyrie 7

The insole structure of KYRIE 5 VS KYRIE 6 VS KYRIE 7

Kyrie 5

Kyrie 6

Kyrie 7

The position of air cushion is almost the same. The difference is the upwarping range.

The drop difference of KYRIE 7 is 4.94mm. It’s 2.54mm higher than KYRIE 6.

The drop difference of KYRIE 6 is only 2.4mm. It’s too flat.

Kyrie 5, Kyrie 6, Kyrie 7 uses the same ZOOM TURBO air cushion.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 Kyrie 7 IS ABOUT 269.9g. The unit weight of EUR42.5 Kyrie 6 is 421.3g. It reduces 51.4g.

The weight of KYRIE 7 vamp is about 120.6g, the weight of KYRIE 6 vamp is about 161.2g. The vamp is lighter about 40.6g. The design structure and material of vamp is the main factors of reducing weight.

Deconstructed Report
Vamp: Kyrie 7 uses knitted vamp and is covered with nylon reinforcing mesh. It has hot-melting belt to improve the overall supporting performance. The stability is good. The height of vamp is reduced, it improves the fitness. If your foot is wide and instep is high, it needs times to break-in.

Insole: Kyrie 7 uses the ZOOM TURBO air cushion of Kyrie 5 and Kyrie 6. The feedback and flexibility are undoubtedly.

Overall: The shape of KRYIE 7 is more succinct, it can reduce the weight. The ZOOM Turbo air cushion is used from KYRIE 5 to KYRIE 7. It can prove that ZOOM TURBO air cushion is suitable to the playing way of KYRIE.

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Nike Kyrie 7 Performance Review

We have deconstructed the Kyrie 7 and share the technical information of Kyrie 7. Today, we want to share the performance review of Kyrie 7 with you.

Suited Court: indoor court or outdoor plastic court

Suited Players: The defenders whose weight below 85kg.

Suited Foot type: normal size, if your instep is high, it’s better to have a try before purchasing.

Vamp

Will the lighter vamp effect the strength? The answer is not.

Comparing with Kyrie 6, Kyrie 7 don’t use the leather and Velcro. But the 3 layers of composite vamp can offer good supporting performance. We can feel the tenacity of vamp when making lateral movement.

It can satisfy the request of Kyrie.

Meanwhile, the green stiff material is link of insole and outsole. It increases the supporting performance of vamp.

It’s surprised the design of dynamic shoelaces. After fastening the shoelaces, it will fix the forefoot well.

Insole

Although it still uses the same Air Zoom Turbo and full-length Phylon, but it still has big difference with Kyrie 5 and Kyrie 6.

The feedback of air cushion is more obvious. I can feel the feedback of air cushion obviously when putting on Kyrie 7. It doesn’t need time to break-in.

The more important part is the low center of gravity.

It not only has excellent feedback and it reduces the center of gravity.

The rear sole still uses Phylon. It’s not stiff. The cushion performance is enough for me. But it’s better not choose it if your weight is over 85kg.

Outsole

Many guys doubt the abrasive resistance of Kyrie 7.

I can’t offer the exact judgement for the abrasive resistance of Kyrie 7 now. As I only play 5 basketball games till now. I haven’t found the abrasion on the outsole. And the depth of outsole is thick.

The traction performance of Kyrie 7 is reliable. It can grip the ground well.

Integrality

The anti-rollover performance of Kyrie 7 is improved. As it has low center of gravity, the forefoot sole doesn’t have anti-rollover design. But it’s more stable than Kyrie 5 and Kyrie 6. It can satisfy the multi-directional traction performance.

The rear outsole is wider.

Kyrie 7 don’t have built-in arch supporting plate, the internal support is not good enough. If it has a extending stiff material from the arch part like Kyrie Low 2, the anti-torsion performance will be better. If you want to play high-strength basketball games, it’s better to put an arch supporting shoe-pad in it.

Score

Fitness of vamp: 9

Supporting performance of vamp: 8.5

Feedback of forefoot sole: 8.5

Cushion performance of rear sole: 7

Anti-torsion performance: 6

Anti-rollover performance: 8

Traction performance: 9.5

Overall Protection: 8.5

Overall supporting performance: 8.5

Overall stability: 8.5

Overall scores: 82

Overall, comparing with Kyrie 6, Kyrie 7 is a pair of shoes which is lighter, has lower center of gravity, better cushion performance and better stability, but the ani-torsion performance is reduced.

For defenders, Kyrie 7 maybe not the best choice of basketball shoes, but it’s still worthy for you to consider it.

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Deconstructed Report of Nike PG 5

Today we want to share the deconstruct  report of PG 5 with you.

PG 5 EP

Splitting the left shoe from middle

The section of left shoe, the insole uses full-length AIR STROBEL cushion.

Separating the vamp with insole.

The lining is comfortable.

The built-in counter and synthetic leather on the shoe heel improve the supporting performance.

The yellow shoe-pad is printed with PG logo

We can see the air cushion pattern clearly from the insole fabric.

The Air Strobel cushion above the insole

The length of EUR42.5 Air Strobel cushion is about 279mm

The width of EUR42.5 Air Strobel cushion on forefoot sole is about 90.62mm

The thickness of EUR42.5 Air Strobel cushion is about 7.29mm

The X type TPU arch supporting plate is between the air cushion and insole, it covers the whole arch.

The length of EUR42.5 arch supporting plate is about 70.94mm.

The width of  EUR42.5 arch supporting plate is about 62.85mm.

The thinnest part of EUR42.5 arch supporting plate is about 2.26mm thick.

The X TPU arch supporting plate and the triangle TPU on the outboard of insole can reduce the deformation.

It has a piece of soft TPU on the shoe heel, it can protect the air cushion.

The integrated rubber outsole

The thickness of EUR42.5 rubber outsole is about 3.47mm.

The point of strength height of EUR42.5 forefoot sole is about 16.74mm.

The point of strength height of EUR42.5 shoe heel is about 21.96mm. The drop height is 5.22mm.

PG5 VS PG 4

PG 5

PG 4

From the side section,PG 5（left）and PG 4（right） use the same AIR STROBEL cushion.

PG 5 (L): the arch of shoe heel is more flat, and the height is also increased.

PG 4 (R): the arch of shoe heel tilt inward obviously.

For the same size EUR42.5, the width of  PG5 (L) AIR STROBEL cushion is wider than PG 4 (R).

The X TUP arch supporting plate of PG 5 (L) can cover the whole arch, and it has independent TPU on the outboard of insole.

PG 4 (R) only has a piece of arch supporting plate.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 PG 4 is about 391.4g.

The unite weight of EUR42.5 PG 5 is about 349g, it reduces about 42g.

Deconstructed Report of PG 5

Vamp: The stiff mesh fabric has good supporting performance. The shoe tree is wider. The fitness is excellent. The lengthen pull-tab of shoe heel is convenient for putting on and taking off the shoes.

Insole: The AIR STROBEL cushion brings excellent feedback. The big TPU supporting plate improves the stability of insole.

Overall: PG 5 still uses the AIR STROBEL cushion as the insole technology. By adjusting the material of vamp and insole, the fitness, stability and comfort level have been improved. But the appearance is not attractive.

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Unboxing and Closed Look：ASICS GELHOOP V13

Today let’s have a look at ASICS GELHOOP V13.

ASICS GELHOOP V13

The shoebox is concise. It’s printed with ASICS logo.

The shoe tag on the side of shoebox

The composite leather vamp has dense ventilated holes.

The inner side of shoe head has leather paste layer to improve the protecting performance.

The shoe tongue is made of mesh fabric. The air permeability is good.

The mid lacing holes uses dynamic design. After fastening the shoelaces, it improves the fitness obviously.

It has mesh fabric ASICS logo on the vamp.

The shoe heel is leather. It improves the supporting performance. The 13 dots on the side vamp represents the 13th GELHOOP.

The shoe collar design has good supporting performance and flexibility.

The shoe shape is circulation design. It’s concise.

The FlyteFoam insole technology has excellent lightweight cushion performance. And it has good cushion performance and stability. It’s said that the insole has a piece of GEL cushion.

It uses separated front and back rubber outsole to reduce the overall weight.

The shoe head position uses stitching design. This kind of design is not common on the design of basketball shoes. But the durability is good.

The forefoot sole is axis of rotation pattern. The outer side is herringbone pattern. The pattern is deep. With nonmarking rubber, the traction performance is great.

The arch part uses Trusstic System. It has two triangle ventilated holes. It’s said that the inspiration comes from the air-cooling engine of motorbike. It keeps the good air permeability.

The rear sole uses NE MARQUE PAS rubber. It’s also a kind of nonmarking rubber. Do you know the difference of these two kinds of rubbers?

The arch position of shoe-pad is upturning design. It can fit the foot very well. It improves the comfort level.

The reverse side of shoe-pad has dense ventilated holes to improve the air permeability.

The length of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 278mm.

The width of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 93.80mm.

The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe-pad is about 4.94mm.

The EVA material insole fabric. The arch position has ventilated holes.

We can see that the Trusstic System is not decoration. The unit weight of EUR42.5 ASICS GELHOOP V13 is 331.3g.

Overall

The appearance of ASICS GELHOOP V13 is retro type. It looks like a pair of volleyball shoes or badminton shoes. The size of ASICS GELHOOP V13 is standard. The big feeling after wearing is the light weight. The shoe head uses composite leather to protect the toes. The vamp uses big area of knitted material. And it’s covered with hot-melting material to improve the supporting performance.

The FlyteFoam lightweight insole is not thick. The starting speed is fast. The cushion performance is good. If you want a pair of lightweight basketball shoes, you can consider it.

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Unboxing: NIKE ZOOM PEGASUS TURBO 2

Unboxing:

It’s orange shoebox, it is normal one.

This pair of Nike Zoom Pegasus TURBO 2 is Shanghai Marathon colorway.

Nike Zoom Pegasus TURBO 2 is almost the same as Infinity in my heart.

It’s a pity that PEGASUS won’t release Nike Zoom Pegasus TURBO 3.

The vamp of Nike Zoom Pegasus TURBO 2 right shoe and left shoe is different. The shoe heel has special Swoosh logo. It’s cool.

The gold Swoosh logo on the vamp looks great.

The upper react is also gold. The bottom NIKE ZOOMX insole is white. It marks NIKE ZOOMX on the insole.

The durability of outsole should be not good.

The cushion performance of ZoomX and React insole is great. The appearance of Nike Zoom Pegasus TURBO 2 is cool. I love it. We will test the actual performance soon.

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Saucony Triumph 18 Performance Review

Saucony and first class are two highly related words at present. After all, not everyone has flown first class, and not every runner has worn Saucony.

As the representative of top-level Saucony series running shoes, Triumph series shoes has developed to 18th. What’s the improvement of Saucony Triumph 18? Let’s have a look at it today.

Details：

The vamp of Saucony Triumph 18 uses 3D printing surface. The engineering mesh fabric vamp has ventilated holes.

The fixed design on both sides of shoe head improves the supporting performance of vamp and protect the toes. The TPU extending to the shoe heel has Triumph 18 logo. It can offer excellent supporting performance.

The texture of vamp extends to insole. The form and pattern of insole echo with the vamp. It looks great.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 Saucony Triumph 18 IS 315G. The unit weight of EUR43 Saucony Triumph 17 is 305g. The weight is heavier.

But as a pair of top-level cushioning running shoes, the weight 315g is not a trouble.

The fitness of Saucony Triumph 18 is excellent. The thick shoe tongue and shoe heel can improve the fitness. The feet are fixed well, and the shoe head still have big moving space. It won’t enchain the feet.

The resilience is special. From Saucony Triumph 17, the insole has been upgraded to PWRRUN+ material, which is lighter about 28% than traditional foam and it can absorb above 5% impacting force to form faster energy feedback. The flexibility is improved about twice than traditional material. The durability is improved about threefold.

Although PWRRUN+ is similar to Adidas Boost material, but we can feel the obvious different after wearing. When running, the PWRRUN+ won’t sag obviously like Boost.

The resilience of PWRRUN+ is flexible.

The thickness of Saucony Triumph 18 forefoot sole is 24.5mm, and the thickness of rear sole is 32.5mm. The drop height is 8mm. The starting speed is fast.

Saucony Triumph 18 has FORMFIT dynamic adaptation system. The FORMFIT dynamic adaptation system combines with PWRRUN+ resilient cushion performance and supporting performance help us to run flexible.

The outsole of Saucony Triumph 18 uses TRI-FLEX carbon rubber material. Except the inside lance of insole, it almost covers the whole outsole. It guarantees the traction performance and durability.

As a pair of top-level cushioning running shoes, Saucony Triumph 18 offers good fitness and stability. The PWRRUN+ insole provides great and stable cushion performance. It’s nice to the runners who have heavy weight. It’s really comfortable when running by wearing Saucony Triumph 18. It maybe the feeling of riding first class.

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New Balance FuelCell Performance Review

The white shoes are popular in the market for several Summers. As a running amateur, I always try to find a pair of nice running white shoes. New Balance released a pair of white FulCell running shoes recently. It looks good, and it has processional performance of running shoes.

The New Balance FuelCell is concise. The appearance is fashion.

The forefoot vamp of New Balance FuelCell is made of elastic mesh fabric. The mesh has good air permeability. The hot coating on the edge of vamp can improve the protection of foot. The reflective taps on both sides of vamp can improve the running security at night.

From the first pair of lacing holes to shoe heel is covered with a layer of three-dimensional rhombus material. This kind of vamp structure is called as Dynamic Upper which is also used on VAZEE 2090 and it get good feedback in the market. The covering area of Dynamic Upper on FuelCell is bigger than VAZEE 2090. It can offer excellent fitness and supporting performance.

The shoelaces of New Balance FuelCell is light and soft. The head of shoelaces are made of aluminum.
The shoe tongue and vamp of New Balance FuelCell is integrated structure. It improves the fitness. And the shoe tongue is not easy to move. The padding of shoe collar is tight and not soft, it has good resilience.

The ortholite shoe-pad of New Balance FuelCell is very thin and soft. The air permeability is excellent. It can be washed.The outsole of New Balance FuelCell is not special, but the insole has technology. The upper layer of insole is REVlite cushion insole. REVlite cushion insole is light. The supporting performance of REVlite is good, and the feedback is fast. The bottom layer of insole is N2 cushioning material. The insole with REVLITE and N2 cushioning layer is also used in New Balance VAZEE 2090 running shoes. This technology is named as FuelCell by New Balance this year. New Balance FuelCell also uses stabilizing system on the rear sole which reinforce the stability and avoid being sprained. The outsole of New Balance FuelCell uses Ndurance rubber which has great durability and skid resistance.The appearance of New Balance FuelCell running shoes uses lightweight design. The unit weight of US9 New Balance FuelCell is about 293g. It’s common weight.


It’s hot day about 30℃ when testing New Balance FuelCell. The air permeability of Dynamic Upper is still good. As the mesh fabric on forefoot vamp is very thin. I haven’t felt hot when running. The vamp material of New Balance FuelCell is thin, so it doesn’t need to worry about the air permeability. It’s also easy to wash.The mesh fabric of New Balance FuelCell running shoes has resilience. The feedback is good. The fitness of Dynamic Upper is also good. The rhombus Dynamic Upper can offer enough supporting performance to the feet.The New Balance FuelCell running shoes uses N2 cushioning layer and REVlite cushion insole. The feedback is obvious when running. The insole of FuelCell is not soft. The feedback and resilience is fast. The drop height of forefoot sole and rear sole is only 6mm. It’s stable when running.

As speeding type running shoes, the unit weight of New Balance FuelCel is only 293g. It’s not light enough. But the vamp has good fitness and the feedback of insole is sensitive. It’s light when running. The cushion performance of insole is also excellent.
The structure of New Balance FuelCell should be the upgraded version of VAZEE 2090. New Balance FuelCell is suitable for long-distance speeding up running for some of runners. It’s a pair of professional running shoes, and it’s also a pair of fashion shoes.

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Unboxing and Closed Look: Reebok Floatride fast 2.0

Today, let’s have a closed look at Reebok Floatride fast 2.0.

Appearance:

It’s black and white colorway.

It uses Floatride technology insole. The cushion performance and feedback is good.

The shoe tongue of Reebok Floatride Fast 2.0 is upgraded to integrated type. It’s not easy to move when running.

The knitted vamp has good air permeability.

The shoe-pad is printed with Reebook logo.

The drop height is 8mm. It’s suitable for racing.

The unit weight of EUR44 is 241g. It’s light.

The rubber outsole looks durable.

Comparing with Floatriude run 2.0, the insole of run 2.0 is thicker.

Comparing with fast london, the insole of fast 2.0 is thicker.

I love all of these 3 pairs of running shoes, Floatride Fast 2.0, Floatriude run 2.0 and fast london.

The feeling of Reebok Floatriude run 2.0 is special. It’s different with other running shoes that I have.

When running, I almost can’t feel the exist of Reebok Floatriude run 2.0, and I can’t feel its weight, its cushion and its resilience. I can’t feel anything. But it can make me pay more attention on running. Anyway, I love Reebok Floatriude run 2.0.

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NIKE ZOOMX INVINCIBLERUN FK Performance Review

Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK was released in February. It’s popular in the market.

Unboxing:


The colorway that I chose is the black and grey one. The insole is white. It’s classic colorway.

The insole of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK uses ZoomX cushion technology, which is also used in Vaporfly or Pegasus series running shoes.

The ZoomX is not air cushion, but it’s a kind of cushion technology.

ZoomX is made of Pebax®️. It’s a kind of brand-new foam cushion technology. The unit weight is only 1/3 of traditional foam cushion material. The energy feedback come up to 85%. But the energy feedback of traditional running shoes is only between 40%-60%.

The Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK uses widen and heighten insole design, especially the rear sole is higher than normal running shoes.

The thickest part of sole is about 45mm.

It also had widened design on the forefoot sole. The widest part is about 120mm. It’s wider about 8-10mm than normal running shoes.

The unit weight of EUR42.5 Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is about 287-290g. It’s unsuitable for long-distance racing.

The outsole uses waffle pattern. The traction performance is great. It’s not easy to skid.

The rear sole design of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is different with Vaporfly and Pegasus series running shoes. The joint part of rear sole is embedded into Flyknit, which offers excellent supporting performance and stability. Nike React Vision also uses this kind of design.

In additionally, the shoe collar of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is also filled with thick foam. It’s comfortable.

The widened forefoot sole is suitable for wide foot. The air permeability of forefoot vamp is good. It’s not stuffy when running.


The ZoomX technology improve the energy feedback to 85%. The resilience is good. I felt the resilience of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK after wearing.

We haven’t seen the deformation of rear sole when running. The stability of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is also good. The widened insole offers excellent stability. With the thickened shoe collar and cushion design, it can protect the feet and avoid to being injured.
When exercising, the Flyknit vamp can fix my feet well.


When walking or jogging, we felt the resilience of rear sole obviously. The resilience can help the runners to save the physical strength.

Of course, Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is also suitable for daily wearing. The overall performance of Nike ZoomX Invincible Run FK is great. It’s all-match. It’s a good choice of running shoes or casual shoes.

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Adidas Ultra Boost 21 Performance Review

The Adidas Ultra Boost has updated 10 generations. It’s popular on the market. Since Adidas paid to Kanye West to wear the white UltraBoost 1 on the stage. Many people start to wear Ultra Boost as casual shoes. Ultra Boost can be professional sneakers and casual shoes.

Is the new released UltraBoost 21 the sneaker or fashion casual shoes? Or does it have both functions?

Appearance:

We can see the thick Boost insole after unboxing. The tail is upturned.

The shoe tongue is integrated design. It doesn’t need to worry that the shoe tongue will move when running.

Due to the integrated shoe tongue, the shoelaces need extra support to be fixed. The transparent TPU adidas logo improve the supporting performance.

The extending shoe heel is convenient for putting on and taking off.

Vamp:

Adidas Ultra Boost 21 uses Primeknit technology. The fitness and supporting performance of Primeknit material is good. It also has good air permeability.

The vamp and shoe-pad uses Primeblue materail. Primeblue is made of Parley ocean plastic. It’s a kind of recycling environmental protection material.

The unit weight of EUR40 is 309g. It’s not light. As the target location of Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is not racing. It’s suitable for jogging.

The drop height of forefoot sole and rear sole is 10mm. The height of forefoot sole is 20.5mm, and the height of rear sole is 30.5mm.

The drop height of Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is high. Normally the drop height of racing shoes should below 5mm. But the high Boost of rear sole can absorb the impact force. It’s suitable for the beginners.

Boost Insole:

As the official said, the insole material of Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is increased 6% than last generation. The 6% is the result after trail and error. So we can see that the insole of Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is thicker.

Outsole:

The Adidas Ultra Boost 21 uses Continental Stretchweb outsole. There is a big area of semi-transparent rubber.

The characteristics of this kind of outsole is the noise when running.

Another core upgrade is the new Adidas LEP(Linear Energy Push) system. Comparing with normal lacing system, it increases about 15% bending rigidity of forefoot. This kind of design is beneficial to running.

Experience:

Court: Plastic track and road.

Speed: 4’30

Distance: 15km

The sole is very soft when running in soft plastic track. It’s very comfortable. It’s not too soft and not too stiff when running in stiff road.

For me, Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is comfortable when running at the speed 4’30.

Overall:

The insole of Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is thickened. It improve the hardness. With LEP system, Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is more suitable for running.

With the wide outsole, thick Boost insole and the reinforced frame,  Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is suitable for the runners with heavy weight.

If you want to choose a pair of running shoes for aerobic pace training, you can choose Adidas Ultra Boost 21.

Adidas Ultra Boost 21 has 24 colorways. You can find your favorite colorways.  Adidas Ultra Boost 21 is not only a pair of sneaker, but also a pair of fashion casual shoes.