Asics Gel Kayano 29 2E Wide 'Black White'
Colorway: Black/White · Style code: 1011B470-002 · Release date: August 7, 2022 · Price: $227 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Kayano 29 2E Wide 'Triple Black' (1011B470-001) · Asics Gel Kayano 29 2E Wide 'Metropolis' (1011B470-021) · Asics Gel Kayano 29 2E Wide 'Deep Ocean Cherry Tomato' (1011B470-401) · Asics Gel Kayano 29 2E Wide 'Island Blue' (1011B470-402) · ASICS Gel Kayano 29 'Metropolis' (1011B440-021)
LITETRUSS arrived with the twenty-ninth Kayano and marked the point where the series started stepping away from traditional posting. Dynamic DuoMax had used a block of denser foam along the medial side to physically resist inward roll. LITETRUSS worked more gently, guiding the foot rather than blocking it, and it shed weight in the process; testers put the shoe roughly ten grams under its predecessor.
Underfoot ASICS moved to FlyteFoam Blast Plus, a softer compound than the Blast used in the twenty-eighth. Durometer readings taken by reviewers put it well below the average for a road shoe, which pushed the Kayano toward squishier landings without giving up the support the model is bought for. Heel stack rose a couple of millimetres at the same time.
It turned out to be a transitional design rather than a settled one. A year later the thirtieth generation dropped posting entirely for the 4D Guidance System and rebuilt the midsole around geometry instead.
This is the 2E width, cut wider through the forefoot, in black knit with white across the midsole. It went out at the start of August 2022, in the middle of the generation's run.