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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6299750" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>The company's primary business was, and remains, making soles for other types of shoes. And frankly, the amount of this settlement is probably not huge on their scale.</p><p></p><p>I picked up on this development because I was actually right at the heart of this whole business. I worked at a running store right when the Vibrams took off, and I received many eager customers. As a business, we sort of had to go with the flow, but we never pushed people towards them, and I always had certain words of caution for people who bought them from me.</p><p></p><p>They're good for what they are (gloves for your feet for certain athletic applications where grip matters), but I'm pretty skeptical about distance running in them. Sure, people ran barefoot for most of our existence, but we were doing it regularly and we weren't doing it on pavement. And by and large, we don't know the prevalence of foot and leg injuries of barefoot runners throughout history. There's every reason to believe that the famous central American tribe of barefoot distance runners is the exception, rather than the rule. And, as the decision finally rendered notes, there was never much in the way of scientific evidence that would support the whole barefoot running shift.</p><p></p><p>Their marketing was an overreach. The idea of lighter shoes that they inspired the market to take isn't necessarily all bad, and their fivefingers aren't necessarily bad either, but they're not what some people claim them to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6299750, member: 17106"] The company's primary business was, and remains, making soles for other types of shoes. And frankly, the amount of this settlement is probably not huge on their scale. I picked up on this development because I was actually right at the heart of this whole business. I worked at a running store right when the Vibrams took off, and I received many eager customers. As a business, we sort of had to go with the flow, but we never pushed people towards them, and I always had certain words of caution for people who bought them from me. They're good for what they are (gloves for your feet for certain athletic applications where grip matters), but I'm pretty skeptical about distance running in them. Sure, people ran barefoot for most of our existence, but we were doing it regularly and we weren't doing it on pavement. And by and large, we don't know the prevalence of foot and leg injuries of barefoot runners throughout history. There's every reason to believe that the famous central American tribe of barefoot distance runners is the exception, rather than the rule. And, as the decision finally rendered notes, there was never much in the way of scientific evidence that would support the whole barefoot running shift. Their marketing was an overreach. The idea of lighter shoes that they inspired the market to take isn't necessarily all bad, and their fivefingers aren't necessarily bad either, but they're not what some people claim them to be. [/QUOTE]
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