The brand-new ZOOM G.T. CUT 2 has been released for a few months. Many guys already purchased it. The change of vamp and lacing system offers better air permeability and comfort level. The forefoot sole uses herringbone pattern with deep groove. The center of gravity is a little high. It needs time to break-in. Let’s have a look at its inner structure and compare it with G.T. CUT 1.
NIKE AIR ZOOM G.T. CUT 2
Splitting the left shoe from middle position
The side section of NIKE AIR ZOOM G.T. CUT 2
Separating the vamp and insole of right shoe
The grenadine vamp is covered with much plaid reinforced material. The independent shoe-tough is suitable for most of people.
The mould pressing has a lot of triangle ventilated holes to improve the air permeability.
The inner layer of vamp uses tough lining. It’s covered with hot-melting material to reinforce. The overall strength of vamp is good enough for daily dressing.
The front 3 couples of shoe holes uses cyclic annular shoelace holes to improve the support force.
The REACT material shoe-pad is covered with black fabric which improve the fitness of socks with shoe-pads.
The length of EUR42.5 sole is about 274mm.
The width of EUR42.5 forefoot shoe-pad is about 96.21mm.
The width of EUR42.5 shoeheel shoe-pad is about 65.01mm.
The hexagon ZOOM AIR cushion on the shoe heel
The width of hexagon ZOOM AIR cushion is about 35.04mm.
The thickness of hexagon ZOOM AIR cushion is about 5.11mm.
The insole fabric is non-woven material
It uses full-length ZOOM STROBEL air cushion. The surface is covered with dents.
The length of EUR42.5 ZOOM STOBEL air cushion is about 278mm.
The width of EUR42.5 ZOOM STOBEL air cushion of forefoot sole is about 88.55mm.
The thickness of EUR42.5 ZOOM STOBEL air cushion of forefoot sole is about 7.80mm.
The width of EUR42.5 ZOOM STOBEL air cushion on shoeheel position is about 56.95mm.
The thickness of EUR42.5 ZOOM STOBEL air cushion on shoeheel position is about 7.18mm.
The forefoot sole has hollow-out design to improve the resilience.
Let’s have a look at the position of the two pieces of ZOOM AIR cushion from the side section.
The insole has upturning design to improve the overall stability.
The surrounding TPU extends to the ankle position, which improve the stability.
The surrounding TPU plate
The thickness of EUR42.5 outward surrounding TPU is about 6.51mm.
The thickness of EUR42.5 surrounding TPU on the heel tendon position is about 7.76mm.
The thinnest position of the EUR42.5 surrounding TPU is about 2.57mm.
There is a piece of red TPU plate on the hollow-out position of insole to protect the air cushion.
The red TPU plate
The length of EUR42.5 red TPU Plate is about 124mm.
The width of EUR42.5 front end red TPU Plate is about 23.61mm.
The width of EUR42.5 rear end red TPU Plate is about 32.15mm.
The thickness of EUR42.5 red TPU Plate is about 1.74mm.
The front sole has upturning design to improve the lateral supporting performance.
The stressing area of forefoot sole uses herringbone pattern with deep groove.
The thickness of EUR42.5 forefoot sole rubber is about 6.93mm.
The thickness of EUR42.5 shoe heel sole rubber is about 3.86mm.
Let’s have a look at the structural difference of the ZOOM G.T. CUT 2 & ZOOM G.T. CUT 1.
The appearance of ZOOM G.T. CUT 2（above）& ZOOM G.T. CUT 1（bottom）
The comparison of CUT 2（above）& CUT 1（bottom）profile
CUT 2 (L) uses double-deck vamp. The upper layer is grenadine vamp and the under layer is covered with hot-melting material to reinforce.
The vamp of CUT 1(R) uses embossing technology to shape, and it’s covered with grenadine.
CUT 2 (L): mould pressing shoe-tongue has a lot of triangle air holes.
CUT 1(R): mould pressing shoe-tongue covers the whole instep and has many air holes.
CUT 2 (L): the front side of REACT material shoe-pad is covered with black fabric.
CUT 1(R): The REACT material shoe-pad has a lot of anti-skidding pattern.
CUT 2 (L): The shoe-pad has opening design on the forefoot sole.
CUT 1(R): The shoe-pad has upturning design to improve the fitness.
CUT 2 (L): The non-woven material insole fabric, hexagon ZOOM AIR cushion, the full-length ZOOM STROBEL air cushion
CUT 1(R): the full-length ZOOM STROBEL air cushion, the U shaped ZOOM AIR cushion
The comparison of CUT 2 (L) & CUT 1 (R) insole
The comparison of CUT 2 (L) & CUT 1 (R) parts
The comparison of CUT 2 (L) & CUT 1 (R) outsole pattern
EUR42.5 CUT 2: The thickness of forefoot sole (insole+outsole+ shoe-pad) is about 25.35mm (the shoe-pad is about 4mm). The thickness of shoe heel sole (insole+outsole+shoe-pad) is about 30.71mm. The drop height is about 5.36mm.
EUR42.5 CUT 1: The thickness of forefoot sole (insole+outsole +shoe-pad) is about 23.51mm (the shoe-pad is about 4mm).
We forgot to take the picture of CUT 1. Pls kindly accept our apology.
The thickness of forefoot sole (insole+outsole +shoe-pad) is about 27.05mm. The drop height is about 3.54mm.
The unit weight of EUR42.5 CUT 2 is about 393.1g.
The unit weight of EUR42.5 CUT 1 is about 428.5g.
The deconstructed parts of ZOOM G.T. CUT 2
The deconstructed parts of ZOOM G.T. CUT 1
Deconstructed Report
Vamp: The grenadine vamp is covered a lot of check pattern reinforced material. The inner layer use tenacious lining and it’s covered hot-melting material to reinforce. The overall strength is great. The independent moulding shoe-tongue is suitable for most of feet.
Insole: The REACT material shoe-pad is covered with black fabric. The shoe heel sole has hexagon ZOOM AIR cushion. It has full-length ZOOM STROBEL air cushion. The feedback of forefoot sole is good. The shoeheel sole is a little stiff.
Overall, NIKE AIR ZOOM G.T. CUT 2 was a effective upgrade for CUT 1. The overall configuration is good. We will test it and share the actual performance with you.