Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'White Black'
Colorway: White/Black · Style code: 1011A680-100 · Price: $2693 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'Black' (1011A680-002) · Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'Grey Lime' (1011A680-022) · Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'Graphite Grey' (1011A680-023) · Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'Pure Silver' (1011A680-102) · Asics Gel Nimbus 22 'Tuna Blue' (1011A680-403)
By the twenty-second version, ASICS was making careful, incremental changes to the Nimbus rather than rebuilding it. The headline for this one was stack height: roughly five extra millimetres in the platform, including additional FlyteFoam Propel in the midsole, which gave the shoe more material between the foot and the road than any Nimbus before it.
The result was a smoother, more neutral ride than the twenty-first. Reviewers who had found the previous model firm and slightly clunky generally rated this one better balanced, with the same protective bias toward long, easy running rather than pace work. GEL remained in both the forefoot and the heel, and the upper stayed on the plush end of what running shoes offered.
White with black trim is the default look for a shoe like this, the version that fills specialty running walls and sells on fit rather than appearance. It launched at $150, the price the line held from the twenty-first edition through the twenty-third.