My husband used to LOVE these shoes, and we've bought many pairs of this exact same model over the years-- But the quality has changed drastically in the past year or two.

The past 3 or 4 pairs have FALLEN APART within a few months of purchase, each time in the exact same way. Parts of the sole peel off / break off. In the silver model with blue stripes and black laces, it's the blue and black parts of the sole that break. When he can find the broken pieces, or catches it peeling before the piece fully falls off, he glues them back on with super glue, but that only lasts a little while before they break again. This last time he's only had his current pair for about 6 weeks, and a piece just broke off in the EXACT same way as the last pair. Again, he's been wearing these for YEARS and has not changed how he uses them, etc. It is the quality of the shoe that has changed.

After this being his go-to shoe for many years (and he's a serious creature of habit--hates change!!) he has finally realized that this isn't the same shoe it used to be & is not worth buying anymore. Asics must have changed something about how they make the shoe -- cheaper rubber, cheaper glue, different production process, something. If you've bought these in the past and love them, beware--you will not get the quality you've come to expect. And for what it's worth, he also has the Gel-Kayno 24s and this has not happened with those. It seems like rather than discontinue the 23s, Asics has decided to simply downgrade the quality without changing the price. Nice corporate strategy! You lost an incredibly loyal customer--for this model at least-- and if it happens again with another model, we've already decided we will never buy Asics again. Too bad because when they were made properly, these shoes were great. :-(