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yep! I should have them around the 22nd, so I can post in hand pics & initial thoughts.
From their website:
PA11, widely known as Rilsan® It’s an exceptionally strong performance plastic that can be recycled over and over and over again thanks to its durability and high quality. PA11 is engineered from the beans of a castor plant, and castor plants are kind of a big deal. They grow in very dry, sparse landscapes where little else can survive (bad*ss beans). Harvesting castor beans doesn’t take away land from agriculture-dependant communities, in fact it does the opposite – it provides new opportunities (virtuous beans)
We’ve already been using PA11 in our Speedboards® for a few years and it's shown outstanding performance results. But the Cloudneo running shoe is the first time we’ve managed to engineer an upper from it too. The breathable knit, reinforced sections, heat-pressed eyelets and soft but durable laces? All PA11. And topping it off, an ultralight highly responsive foam underfoot from the Pebax® family too.
The Cloudneo is 100% recyclable. Better yet, the materials can be recycled together. No complicated separation and no need to exhaust finite resources. Just high-quality performance and an efficient optimized process (very Swiss) to keep the materials in use infinitely.
From their website:
PA11, widely known as Rilsan® It’s an exceptionally strong performance plastic that can be recycled over and over and over again thanks to its durability and high quality. PA11 is engineered from the beans of a castor plant, and castor plants are kind of a big deal. They grow in very dry, sparse landscapes where little else can survive (bad*ss beans). Harvesting castor beans doesn’t take away land from agriculture-dependant communities, in fact it does the opposite – it provides new opportunities (virtuous beans)
We’ve already been using PA11 in our Speedboards® for a few years and it's shown outstanding performance results. But the Cloudneo running shoe is the first time we’ve managed to engineer an upper from it too. The breathable knit, reinforced sections, heat-pressed eyelets and soft but durable laces? All PA11. And topping it off, an ultralight highly responsive foam underfoot from the Pebax® family too.
The Cloudneo is 100% recyclable. Better yet, the materials can be recycled together. No complicated separation and no need to exhaust finite resources. Just high-quality performance and an efficient optimized process (very Swiss) to keep the materials in use infinitely.
. I scooped up two more EPro2s from Saucony with that BMR50 code to ease the pain lol
. I am going to wait until the CS one is on-sale too. That black/green color is what I'm aiming for.
