Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Wide 'Black Pure Silver'
Colorway: Black/Pure Silver · Style code: 1011B625-001 · Release date: February 2023 · Price: $2682 · Availability: Available now
More colorways: Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Wide 'Black Glow Yellow' (1011B625-004) · Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Wide 'Sheet Rock Indigo Blue' (1011B625-021) · Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Wide 'Island Blue Sun Peach' (1011B625-400) · Asics Gel Nimbus 25 Wide 'Midnight Electric Red' (1011B625-401) · Asics Gel Nimbus 25 'Lime Zest' (1011B547-300)
The twenty-fifth Nimbus was the largest rebuild the line had seen. ASICS added roughly twenty percent more FF Blast Plus Eco foam, a compound made with at least a fifth bio-based content, which pushed heel stack past forty millimetres in a men's sample. Forefoot stack rose six millimetres against four at the heel, so the drop fell to eight from the ten or thirteen of the previous version depending on which fit you bought.
At the same time GEL gave way to PureGEL, a lighter and softer formulation sited in the heel and credited with the same impact absorption at lower weight. The net effect was a shoe carrying far more material than its predecessor at close to the same weight on the scale, which is the trade every brand chases with a max-cushion trainer and rarely lands.
It also reset what the Nimbus was for. Where earlier versions were plush daily trainers, this one is squarely a high-stack easy-day shoe, and the lower drop changed how it loads the calf.
This is the wide fit in black with pure silver detailing, released in February 2023 alongside the rest of the launch range.