Men's Vibram® Fivefingers® Speed™ Specialist Walking Barefoot Footwear
If you are a fell runner, walker or hiker the new and innovative Vibram® Fivefingers® Speed is designed with you in mind. This full foot hybrid cousin of the incredibly successful KSO™, is a delight offering the style of a traditional trainer with all the added benefits and functionality of the Vibram® Fivefingers®.
Built on a completely new and unique platform and unique Treaded Sole Structure, the Speed has a 3mm Polyurethane sole with additional raised "tread" zones to a depth of 4mm to offer the wearer the benefit of additional protection and grip that could be desired over rougher and wet terrain.
Anatomically designed around the standard foot, the fit is not compromised in any way with the "feeling" of your surroundings still maintained to the exacting standards set by Vibram® in their quest for the perfect foot covering that embraces your surroundings and allows you go "barefoot" in the 21st Century.
With the secure 10 hole lace design, this superbly well designed addition to the extensive Vibram® Fivefingers® range, will be well received by those seeking a more sturdy alternative for their sporting activities.
Product Features & Uses
The Origins of an Idea
Fivefingers® footwear was the brainchild of industrial designer Robert Fliri. He proposed the idea to Marco Bramani, grandson of Vibram founder Vitale Bramani, who invented the first rubber soles used on mountaineering boots in 1936.
An avid sailor, Bramani was intrigued by footwear that felt like a glove and worked like a second skin. Fivefingers® protected Bramani's feet from dangerous rigging and obstacles on board his boat whilst delivering a surefooted grip. The FiveFingers' patent-pending design provided greater dexterity, improving agility, balance and control.
Drawing on his experience as a sailor and a veteran of the footwear industry, Bramani worked with Fliri to refine Fivefingers® into what it is today - the first footwear to offer the sensation of going barefoot with the protection and security of a Vibram® sole.
Fivefingers Articles
The Barefoot Revolution is one of huge interest to many a discerning athlete. The benefits of running barefoot are well documented and the information available is extensive. These links may be of use to anyone wishing to obtain further information into the unquestionable benefits that Barefoot Running provides........(read more)