u/franklink_1

I'm pretty against the poly midsole. The only poly pair that I've got has vertical cracks in the midsole at the primary bend (ball of the foot). And the water ingress from just walking through dew is ridiculous. BUT, I never did any sort of treatment to the poly to prevent the cracking or the water wicking. Ive even noted that an additional poly pair would need to be HEAVILY discounted for me to even consider it.

Well, a nearly unworn (zero wear in the soles and no creases) pair in my size and preferred leather popped up on eBay and I ended up with them for 40% of current retail price. In short, enough of a steal to push me over the edge to buy another poly pair. And they're en route.

Those of you that have treated the poly for longevity? And/or to prevent the capillary-action, what have you used on the visible edges? And did it work? And what do you recommend or recommend against for treating the edges of the poly midsole?

Thanks in advance.

At one point I assumed the "Premium" label on the website was leather midsole. But as theyve expanded their line, there are quite a few styles with leather midsole that aren't getting that "premium" designation.

So I spent a bit of time comparing photos of premium versus non-premium, as well as checking out my personal premium versus non-premium...and I noticed the premiums have a thicker leather midsole than the leather midsole used in non-premium.

Coincidence? Or is the thickness of the leather midsole what makes one style of leather-midsoled JG a premium, and a different one....not?

A few weeks ago, on a whim, I replaced the OEM flat brown laces in my Bronco Numzaans with some old waxed round laces from Amazon.

Ive been pleasantly surprised with how much tighter I can get them, and how much tighter they stay during the day. And now I'm considering replacing all the JG flat laces with...something else.

How many of you guys are satisfied with JG laces and how many replace them with something else?

And what do you replace them with? I've seen Pisgah mentioned here and there, and now going down the rabbit hole of laces. The ones I put on as the experiment were a no -name Amazon brand and the exact ones are no longer for sale.

Ideally Id like a very strong, round lace, without paying $15-20 per pair. Kinda looking at Iron laces Paracord series, but not dead-set on those.

Been a while since I've seen him post anything.

Can it work?

8s in Roughnecks were far too narrow, 2942 and 23 last. Owned em for 7 years, smallest two toes hanging over the welt.

1907s in the 45 last....I own two pairs, the first is a 7.5D. they're 12 years old and on their third soles. I'm walking on the welt there too but the 45 last and 12 years of stretching helped make them bearable. The second pair of 1907s is a 7.5EE. I've had them 3 years, still on original sole. Even at the EE, they're a bit narrow for my feet. Ive found no insoles with the 1907s (both pairs) helps get the volume (again, width) that my feet need.

So the size 8 Roughneck in the 23 last were just right for length, but deal-breaker narrow. And the size 7.5 in 1907 is still too narrow, but doable, and also just right in length.

Size up to an 8.5? Or a 9? for the 9060? The unstructured toe box intrigues me, making me wonder if they'd be more agreeable to my wide forefoot. But if they'd have to be too long to be able to achieve the width I need....well, too long is also a deal breaker.

Quad autograft and partial meniscectomy on 12/30/25, so exactly six months today.

42 yo male, 5'11" and 185lbs. 32" waist.

Was released to jog at the 12 week mark, but have always hated jogging so only doing 1-2 jogs per week.

Anyway, I'm up to a solid 10 minute mile now. PR in this post ACL stage was a 9:50 mile. Fully aware that's not record setting, but feeling mighty good about current state of my operated knee. For my jogging, the respiratory drive (being out of shape) is a much bigger limiting factor than the operated knee. When initially advanced to jogging, my cardio was so bad that I could only run a few blocks without needing to walk.

Outside of jogging, I'm averaging 8,000 steps a day, occasionally getting 15-16k, and topped out with a 23k day last week. Workdays are low step-count days, non-work days are high.

Still hitting the seven flights of stairs at work on my breaks. Six story building but the roof access makes it seven flights. At 8 weeks post op I made a goal to go up and down at least twice every day that I'm at work. Sometimes I get a couple more rounds in than that, but make sure I do at least two. Usually one of the "ups" is skipping a step all the way up, and heel taps on the operated leg all the way down. The other "up" is max range of motion toe raises on each step, and then coming down fast for coordination and some impact training.

I also force myself to do lunges, Bulgarian split squats, wall sits, one legged squats, etc 3-4 times per week. I'm probably far past it being beneficial but I still do elevated-heel quad sets as well. As for stretches I do flat footed squats, as well as kneeling, both of those forcing heel to butt. I can get more heel-to-butt now than I could for probably 8-10years pre-injury. But I also wasn't working at keeping my leg joints as limbered up as possible.

Overall, quite happy with my progress. The only activity I'm still refraining from is full-court basketball, which is what tore it in the first place. But I'm still shooting around and playing at half speed with my two sons. Layups, horse, etc. Just making sure to not have any fast directional changes or accelerated push offs in non-linear directions.

ACL surgery is certainly a big life event, but with a positive attitude, it's dang sure not the end of the world.

Just read an article from Torque News that claimed the following:

"41% of 2019–2026 Chevrolet Silverado 5.3L and 6.2L EcoTec3 V8 engines experience premature valvetrain collapse before reaching 75,000 miles"

I'd kinda like to see the data behind that claim.

I also suspect that including the seemingly more failure prone 6.2 could falsely inflate the numbers. but still not likely this much.

Article is technically Chevy but same 5.3 and 6.2 engines as our GMCs. Article has an author name but doesn't 100% pass the smell test of AI influence.

Reddit wouldn't let me link the article.

Received my first pair of Jim Greens in Oct of 2024. In the last 18 months I've spent WAY more time than I should here on the JG sub.

In that 18 months it seems like, generally speaking, we don't like ASHM last, and we don't like the fiber board midsole. Sure there is the occasional comment about someone with narrow feet or an outlier that likes the fiber board for the weight savings, but the general consensus about the ASHM last and the fiber board insole appears to be....no thanks.

While I've not had a lot of purchasing restraint when it comes to JGs footware, the ASHM and/or the fiberboard midsole have been the most common reasons why I've not purchased a particular shoe. Have had more than a couple come up for sale that I would have bought, were it not for one of those two details. (almost used the word "features" there, but don't consider either to be positive attributes that could carry over into the "feature" category).