Joe Nimble

About Joe Nimble

Joe Nimble makes running shoes built around toe freedom, the idea that the big toe needs room to move. Sebastian Bär, a keen runner, founded the label in 2019 and took up an approach his father, Christian Bär, began developing in the early 1980s. The first model was the Addict. Shoes are developed at the family-run Bär GmbH shoe workshop in Swabia. The brand says wider toe boxes support stability, push-off and the muscles of the foot, and the name "nimble" means quick or agile. The range has since grown from running shoes to hiking shoes and sports shoes, all designed around the shape of the foot rather than fashion conventions.