If you know much about powerlifting, you know the All Star is the most famous shoe for squats and deadlifts because the base is so hard and stable, which is ideal when you’re holding heavy weight. The toecap is smaller on the 70 than on the All Star because the side wall extends so high onto the canvas.
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You can tell just by looking at them: the All Stars are floppy, while the 70s have more shape to them.īoth soles are made with vulcanized rubber, although the Chuck 70’s outsole is one piece of rubber whereas the All Star’s outsole is actually comprised of three.Īs mentioned above, the 70’s siding runs a full 5 millimeters over the top of the canvas, which should reduce the odds of holes forming at the toe break and provide extra lateral stability. Personally, I’m positive that the stitching is just to keep the separate layers of canvas together.īoth shoes are made with canvas, which is densely woven cotton, but they differ significantly in thickness.Īll Star’s upper is light like a tote bag, lighter than any pair of jeans you’ll buy.Ĭhuck 70s, at 12 ounces, have much thicker canvas. To provide lateral support and rigidity to improve performance on the basketball court.To keep the two layers of canvas together, because Chuck 70s are actually comprised of two thick strips stitched together.To keep the sole from splitting at the toebreak - something All Stars always do after a few months of wear.There are a few competing theories as to what it’s for: In addition to all these bulk-adding properties, the Chuck 70’s sole and toecap are also glossier and tinted ever so slightly off-white for an aged, vintage feel.Īdding to the vintage-ness is this more old fashioned “license plate logo” on the back of the heels and a name tag on the tongue of the Chuck 70’s right shoe.įinally, the Chuck 70 has an extra line of stitching along the midfoot, which you can see below: The term refers to the sole extending up and onto the upper, providing more lateral stability. The term refers to the way sole extends up and onto the upper, providing more lateral stability.
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That’s why it has much thicker canvas, but there are other differences that you might miss.Īt first glance, they both look like the classic toe capped basketball shoe that was popularized in the 1920s, but the Chuck 70 is a little chunkier for several reasons: the canvas is thicker and more structured, the leather heel patch is real and three dimensional (unlike the screen printed patch on the All Stars), the toecap is a tad smaller, the laces are thicker, and the foxing is higher. Indeed, it actually was in the 1980s that Converse changed a lot about their flagship shoe in response to increasingly high production costs. Some say the Chuck 70 modeled after the way All Stars were made before Nike bought them in 2003, but I owned Chucks before 2003 - my first pair was burgundy - and they were nothing like the Chuck 70. When comparing the Chuck 70 to the classic Chuck, it has:
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So why does it need an upgrade - especially after Converse’s latest attempt to do so, the Chuck II, failed so disastrously? With one hundred million pairs of All Stars are bought every year, the All Star might be the most popular sneaker of all time. That’s how Converse describes their new-but-old Chuck 70, which is both an upgrade to and a reversal from the world famous Chuck Taylor All Star.
“The best ever, with tougher canvas and an extra layer of comfort.”
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