On was founded in 2010 in Zurich by Olivier Bernhard — a former Ironman and duathlon world champion — together with David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti. Bernhard had prototyped the first CloudTec sole by gluing cut sections of garden hose to the bottom of a running shoe; the hollow rubber pods compressed on landing and locked firm for push-off, and the idea scaled. The brand still runs its R&D out of Zurich and has been listed on the NYSE since September 2021.
The Cloudflow is On's tempo shoe — built for the day that isn't easy and isn't race day. The Cloudflow 5 upgrades to Helion HF on top of a glass-fiber-reinforced Speedboard, with a pronounced forefoot rocker; reviewers call it firm and resilient, best the faster you run. The Cloudflow 4 keeps a lighter Helion platform and is the more forgiving of the two at slower paces. Cloudflow 5 — Helion HF top layer on an 8% glass-fiber-infused nylon Speedboard, pronounced forefoot rocker. More propulsive at tempo than the Cloudflow 4, ~278 g M9.
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CA$ 230
On was founded in 2010 in Zurich by Olivier Bernhard — a former Ironman and duathlon world champion — together with David Allemann and Caspar Coppetti. Bernhard had prototyped the first CloudTec sole by gluing cut sections of garden hose to the bottom of a running shoe; the hollow rubber pods compressed on landing and locked firm for push-off, and the idea scaled. The brand still runs its R&D out of Zurich and has been listed on the NYSE since September 2021.
The Cloudflow is On's tempo shoe — built for the day that isn't easy and isn't race day. The Cloudflow 5 upgrades to Helion HF on top of a glass-fiber-reinforced Speedboard, with a pronounced forefoot rocker; reviewers call it firm and resilient, best the faster you run. The Cloudflow 4 keeps a lighter Helion platform and is the more forgiving of the two at slower paces. Cloudflow 5 — Helion HF top layer on an 8% glass-fiber-infused nylon Speedboard, pronounced forefoot rocker. More propulsive at tempo than the Cloudflow 4, ~278 g M9.
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