They welcome and listen to feedback and iterate very rapidly in subtle ways but also by completely changing direction if feedback tells them a design will not be able to meet an intended purpose. I have been involved for about a year in wear testing for Skechers and while I have not done wear testing for the Ride 4, I have for several other shoes. This meticulous, careful approach to improvements is characteristic of Skechers, an "underdog" in the performance running shoe market ,yet one rising rapidly on the "heels" of not only their star athletes such as Boston winner Meb Keflezighi and Kara Goucher but on the attention to feedback from many old slow pokes like me. durometer or firmness of midsole is unchanged at 47C, fairly firm for a midsole but as there is not much yet firmer outsole material still a fairly soft ride.still has M-Strike the slight raising of the mid foot midsole to encourage mid foot strike but less noticeable again maybe due to the narrowing of the midsole in the heel.a smooth softish ride on largely single density midsole material riding over the GOimpluse Sensors, the outsole wear pads.not exactly an improvement, Skechers are still a great value but the price goes from $80 to $85.I think this narrowing may move the foot off of the heel more rapidly as there is less softish midsole overhang. a slightly narrower heel outsole midsole towards the heel-about 1/4" narrower by my measurements in the area back of the 2 rear orange GOimpulse sensor wear pads.The Ride 3 had no structure to the heel cup area. a far more substantial and closer fitting heel collar and heel cup yet still not a rigid heel cup. ![]()
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