Cleats for the Streets: adidas is Dropping a Pink F50 Cleat Encased in a Clear Lifestyle Sole

In America, ‘ball is life’ means rocking Jordans, LeBrons, or KDs with your street clothes and rocking a pair of mesh shorts under your jeans just in case an impromptu pick-up game gets going on your way home from work. In the soccer world, it means rocking cleats to class in case you need to kick a goal or two before lunch. After the #bootsonlysummer trend took off in 2025, adidas is bringing it back for 2026 with a street-ready cleat that still keeps its spikes.

The adidas F50 Adiframe Shock Pink takes the mid-aughts F50 cleat and covers the spikes in a street-ready see-through TPU coating. While the upper looks just like a soccer cleat, the midsole looks like a jello mold of a cleat, with the spikes suspended in an additional translucent sole.

The colorway on the upper is as shocking as the encased spikes underneath, covered in a bright pink carbon fiber fabric with black accents swooping across the side panel and onto the toe. The sheathed tongue adds a small bit of branding in black, and the sole features green spikes that can still be seen through the encased TPU midsole.

The adidas F50 Adiframe Shock Pink will be released March 2026 through adidas and select retailers in-store and online. Available in unisex sizing, the retail price is still TBD. For all the latest adidas news and drop info, download the Sole Retriever mobile app.

Zach Harris

Zach Harris is a writer based in Philadelphia. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Vice, Complex, High Times, and more. He is obsessed with skateboarding and bowling. He is still looking for his first 300. For tips, reviews, and anything in size 10.5 - zach.h@soleretriever.com