Fed Tread Pattern

[Nicr1991]

I just saw a pic of fed at the US Open, and his shoes have the old Vapor S2 Tread pattern. I don't understand why Nike wouldn't put this tread on the retail versions of the shoes if that tread pattern is clearly better.
Has anyone else noticed this?
Here is a pic.

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[SempreSami]

Fed prefers it.

 

[ayoPATRICIO]

just cause Federer uses it doesn't make it the better tread pattern...Fed just prefers it, that's all

 

[hellojeffo]

Hrmm.. Vapor V paintjob on a Vapour S2... WTF?

 

[chiru]

it's not the s2 pattern. it's the air zoom vapor speed. fed had a thing about these shoes. he was supposed to wear the vapor 3s, but never did, wore the vapor speeds instead. i really liked those shoes, but quite frankly i liked the vapor 4's better.

 

[jazar]

the pro's can have their shoes made up differently to what the rest of us for buy. look at davydenko as well, he used to wear what looked like a prince nfs 3 squash shoe with a tennis sole

 

[Nicr1991]

Yeah they can have their shoes made however they want, but i just don't see why Nike would change something that was working. I think it would have been just as easy for them to leave the tread pattern the same. Besides, and I'm probably going to get ridiculed for this, I just think that the old vapor pattern is better. I have never used them but just by looking at them they look like they would grip the court better and give you a little bit more traction. Idk, either way i still love my Vapor V's