Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
I can certainly see the advantage to an unfettered toe area, but with 7mm sole, I just can't stand seeing all the chat and barefooter opinion sites calling running in Bilkilas "barefoot running".

They are shoes. It is SHOD running. No different than running in any other SHOE. Shoe, shoe, shoe!

(I'm sorry, but it really gets up my nose. I'm ranting at all those "barefooter" sites, not TE. VFF are shoes. Bikilas are really thick soled shoes. We need a new word for the younger generation to use for running in shoes of a thickness that all us older folks ran in for years and years, besides "barefoot". Cuz it ain't barefoot.)
I have heard it called "minimalist" - and considering that term generally includes the Nike Frees, I don't see why it wouldn't include flats like the Tigers, too. It's definitely NOT barefoot, but good luck with the vocabulary change.