Originally Posted by
Zephyr11
People are content with bikes available at their local big box stores too, but it doesn't make the stuff any good. And an Adidas factory store isn't a running specialty store. They will have real running shoes (along with "running" shoes), but in my experience, the sales people don't usually know what they're talking about, at least not the way they do in running specialty stores. And there are running specialty stores out there...at least I think there are. Otherwise the store that sponsors my team has a bit of explaining to do...
As a general rule I would agree with you, but the box store Finish Line at the mall near me carries most of the same running shoes that our local running store does, and unlike most mall stores the salespeople actually had some clue what they were talking about. Overall, I'd agree though that many of the mall type shoe stores have ppl who have no clue and are more fashion oriented than performance oriented.