Joe Nimble
DE · 2011 · Running
Toe-freedom running shoes from a Swabian shoemaking family
The running offshoot of Bär, the Bietigheim comfort-shoe maker, spun out as its own company in 2024 under the founder's son. One asymmetric last, no widths, and a founder who writes openly about failing to produce in Germany and Portugal before settling on Vietnam.
- Ownership
- Family owned
- Status
- Trading
- Made
- Vietnam, with some production in India
- Offers
- club and race presence, a phone line, plain-language guides, spare parts
- Activities
- Running, Trail running