2008 Adidas Adistar — Size 5 US [Pair #116]

This pair is unused.

Note that all sales of vintage weightlifting shoes are final. No returns or size exchanges. Please read disclaimers below on issues with older shoes.

Sizing Table:

US	UK	Euro	China
4	3.5	36	220
4.5	4	36 2/3	225
5	4.5	37 1/3	230
5.5	5	38	235
6	5.5	38 2/3	240
6.5	6	39 1/3	245
7	6.5	40	250
7.5	7	40 2/3	255
8	7.5	41 1/3	260
8.5	8	42	265

This pair comes with the box and is not used. Please see photos for condition but if you’re not familiar with these, please read the below, because there are a lot of disclaimers that come with buying older/vintage merchandise. We’ve done our best to spot any areas of aging but we can’t be sure that we photographed every spot that has any issue. Shoes may have signs of aging like cracking on the black or other spots mentioned below. Please note, however, that you are getting the exact pair shown in the photos on this page, so these photos should give you a good idea of what you’d be receiving.

Disclaimer about vintage shoes:

All of these shoes were made, at minimum, 16 years ago. Some were made close to 17.5 years ago. This comes with aging and deterioration. They will not perform like a brand new pair of shoes that were made a few months ago. All of them will have some signs of age between glue drying, plastic cracking, white parts yellowing, etc. Do not buy if you want a perfectly white brand new looking pair of shoes that will hold up to hard weightlifting workouts for years right out of the box with zero repair/glue/fixing — these will not do that.

The primary areas that age on this particular model are the following:

• Three black stripes going across the shoe. They tend to crack. Some of our pairs are uncracked, some have a few cracks. We don’t sell ones that have started completely falling apart/off but we should note, it is more or less inevitable this will happen if you use them like daily driver weightlifting shoes. Depending on the pair it will either happen fast or slow.
• On the oldest models, Adidas did not sew the velcro on the strap, they just glued it. Our stock has some pairs with sewn strap velcro and some with it unsewn. You will notice on the interior tag (if we photographed it, some we did, some we didn’t) that unsewn basically all have a 2007 production date. On most of them, the velcro is still attached fine (for now) but age, glue and flexibility are not a good mix — the velcro will come off of the strap at some point which is why Adidas modified the design to sew on the strap on later models. This can be reglued with fabric glue and will perform like new if done properly.
• The soles will come unglued and fall off. This is simply because the glue is dry. It’s a simple and inexpensive repair for a good shoe cobbler. They will not fall off all of the time but, if you use these like normal weightlifting shoes, there’s a good chance of this happening sooner or later. We have seen pairs used for awhile and we also know of times where it falls off the first time the shoe is put on and used. The back is more likely to fall off than the front, but both can detach.
• The rubber area encircling below the toebox tends to crack between the upper and the sole. This is just due to drying out over time. This area is difficult to repair but it also is not critical for lifting performance.

Overall, the most important thing to realize/know is that, due to age, these can’t be expected to look/perform like a brand new pair of shoes. With some proper glue or a good cobbler, all of these shoes can be brought up to basically new standards from a functional point of view, which means that with proper repair/care, they all can give you years of great performance. But almost certainly they cannot do that out of the box.

NOTE: The number at the end of the title is an internal tracking number for us to ensure we ship the correct pair of shoes, it does not indicate anything about the pair of shoes.