It’s Trash Day–Saucony Bullet

It’s trash day, time to take it out. I love classic shoes and I thought it would be hard to find a shoe to trash.  I searched and searched, but as soon as I can across this beauty I knew I had found my bag of garbage. Saucony makes some of the best running shoes and they have some of the nicest classics in the business.  The Bullet is the exception. This shoe looks like a track shoe mated with very uncomfortable bowling shoe.  It looks like Saucony was trying to cash in on the bowling shoe craze, just 4 years after that fad ended. I’m all for low rise shoes but these look like they are trying to hard to be cool.  I was surprised to see these when I was searching for classic Sauconys’ to write about, but I understand why these shoe were made.  They are totally different looking then the Jazz or Shadow, which happen to look great and are much more appealing to collectors.

The Bullet pulls off the look of a bullet very well. It’s slim and straight, but it doesn’t look like it has very much arch support.  This seems to be a reoccurring theme with low rise running shoes. all style no comfort and zero class. Take a look at my post on the Nike Waffle and the Cortez. Those shoes got it right when making a low rise running shoe.  They have comfort  and style; the Cortex looks more like a bullet then these shoes.  The rounded nose and bullet like design. I give Saucony credit for trying something old and trying to capitalize on the classic shoe revival, but no every shoe is supposed to be a classic and just because it’s old doesn’t mean it’s awesome.  The Jazz and the Shadow were enough Saucony, you didn’t need to revive every shoe in your category.  I have a better idea take one of you 90’s new style running shoes and start reissuing them.  They at least have style and purpose.  Maybe I am wrong and this shoe looks amazing in person, but the pictures I have found online don’t paint a great picture. As an avid online shopper you need great pictures to sell your shoes.  Not every store carries these and most classics aren’t stocked in mall stores.  Saucony you need to hire a new photography, but something tells me that’s not the problem.  It’s the shoe! Someone help me with this stinky garbage.

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