Talk:Track spikes

Baseball spikes

Can we get some information about baseball spikes in the article? Thanks! ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:42, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Brush spikes

there vey dumb It is written: "Though the,so hybo!hybo!hybo! record was never ratified because the spike formation on Carlos' shoes ("brush spikes") was not accepted at the time, the race reinforced his status as a world-class sprinter.", here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carlos#Biography and I think that this kind of spikes should also be mentioned as they have a great advantage and allow better results. And here too: "At the warm-up meet two weeks prior to the Olympic Trials in 1968, Matthews set the new world record 44.4 in 400 m, but his time was not recognised due to his use of PUMA's illegal "brush spikes".", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Matthews I think to achieve records with this kind of shoes is a sign of superiority of this shoes. This two persons were the only ones I know but I am sure there are more that were disqualified because of this too good shoes. --92.74.24.97 (talk) 05:33, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

The word got out about those spikes quickly because Carlos and Matthews lost those records. I recall Ralph Mann setting the American record in the 400 hurdles a year later and visibly showing off his four spike shoes to be sure there was no question that his shoes were legal. The question everyone was asking at the time was if it was the shoes, or the athletes, or the conditions. Carlos beat Tommie Smith in that race, at high altitude. A month later, without the shoes, Smith beat Carlos in the Olympics. Carlos got a fast start but completely lost form when (his teammate) cruised past him, so it wasn't just the shoes that made the margin decisive. For the next couple of years, Carlos was #1 in the world without brush spikes. Matthews was well beaten by Lee Evans, Larry James and Ron Freeman, without the spikes two weeks later. He had to wait four more years to get his individual gold, after the other three had moved on. As much as I can remember, he was a step behind Evans through most of that period before and after (and Tommie was really faster than Lee). They were all great athletes, the altitude made their records freakishly exceptional. Did brush spikes help, probably, which is why they were banned (or actually they simply did not meet the definition in the rulebook, that was later enforced). Trackinfo (talk) 08:11, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Screw thread

What's the sort of lead/pitch of track spike threads? How long is the thread?--Lead holder (talk) 21:39, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

400m hurdles fact

Where does the information come from? 

In the section titled 'History' there is a fact that has no citation. It talks about track spikes making athletes slower in the 400m hurdles. This statement refers to it as a field research study done in 2012, but it gives no references about where to find out more information. As a track athlete I completely disagree with this statement and would love to learn more about the evidence that went into making this claim. Mgarmann (talk) 23:50, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Good catch. I commented it out for now. Trackinfo (talk) 00:34, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Do Track Spikes Work?

Has anybody been able to find a good scientific study proving that track spikes actually increase the performance of athletes? Although, trivial, I think including this information with a good source would significantly strengthen this piece. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Georgehenderson (talk • contribs) 15:52, 27 May 2017 (UTC)

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