Nike Flyknit Racers with a Zoom Streak 5 Outsole

Was Nike planning to release the Flyknit Racer with a different outsole?

by Brendan Dunne

Remember those images floating around last year of the Nike Flyknit Racer with an Air Max 1 kit on bottom?

Those turned out to be Photoshop renderings, but that doesn't mean it's impossible that Nike will one day swap the soles on the fan-favorite Flyknit model. This auction on eBay features such a creation with a Nike Zoom Streak 5 platform on the bottom. It's entirely possible that this is just a custom, as the usage of the Zoom Strek 5 tooling is a random one, but for what it's worth the seller here is labelling it as an unreleased sample. If it is a custom, the handiwork is pretty impressive. It doesn't help the case that the Flyknit upper is borrowed from an already released colorway, the "Chlorine Blue".