Under the direction of veteran biomechanist Dr Martyn Shorten, mechanical tests – see below – are conducted on each shoe at the RW Shoe Lab in Portland, Oregon, US.
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Nike Air Max 90 Damen toe-off. We measure this by securing a shoe’s forefoot to a machine that bends it 45 degrees – about the same as the
Nike Air Max 97 Femme foot flexes on the run – 60 times in 20 seconds. The force required to achieve this indicates how pliable the shoe is.
We weigh men’s (size
and women’s (size 5) models. We also measure ‘stack height’: the outsole foam rubber, midsole foam and insole. We use a digital contact sensor to determine the shoe’s
Nike Air Vapormax Damen ‘heel drop’ – the difference in height from heel to forefoot.The wait is over, here are the shoes
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Nike Air Vapormax Donne it's now taken things further with the Carbon X.
This is the brand's version of the Nike Vaporfyl 4%, inasmuch as it's light, slim and fast and has a carbon-fibre plate running the length of the midsole, to provide a stiff ride and energy return to help push your foot off the ground more quickly.
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Nike Air Max 720 Femme a racy 5mm drop and a light upper all combined to impress our testers enough to make it a contender for
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Nike Air Max 90 Femme downhills.the shape feels reassuringly standard and there’s no interference from the midsole or upper.Best for bigger
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