There are some old threads out there regarding wide toe box racing flats but I don't see anything out there in the last few years with super shoe representation. Any shoe gurus out there have an opinion on someone who is changing their shoe rotation to wide toe box shoes and needs something to race in?
Atreyu The Artist
I don't know about the artist, but the Hyperion Elite 2 is quite spacious.
*stipe wrote:
I don't know about the artist, but the Hyperion Elite 2 is quite spacious.
If it’s anything like the fit of the Hyperion Tempo I disagree.
To my foot the New Balance RC Elite has a much better toebox, though you do need to size up as it runs small. Supposedly the Adios Pro has a roomy-for-a-racer toe box as well (looks much rounder than the others).
The TC has a great toe box. Looks like the RC runs a bit narrower but this is good intel. I snagged a pair of Atreyu's and think I'll grab a pair of RCs.
highhoppingworm wrote:
I snagged a pair of Atreyu's ...
From their website, "foam: supercritical EVA."
So is this going to be similar to Skechers' HyperBurst? That has decent energy return, and might (don't know) be more durable than the Peba foams.
Seth Demoor cut the first version up, and the plate appeared to be a carbon fiber weave, which would make it not as stiff along the length of the foot as a more uniaxial layup. The plate would still be expected to more evenly distribute load (versus no plate), and stabilize the foam. An interesting shoe, for sure.
highhoppingworm wrote:
The TC has a great toe box. Looks like the RC runs a bit narrower but this is good intel. I snagged a pair of Atreyu's and think I'll grab a pair of RCs.
The TC runs bigger than the RC Elite. If you have the TC, go up at least 1/2 size. I’m perfect in a 13 for the RC Elite (same as the Rebel), but was swimming in a 13 in the the TC.
Tugboat1980 wrote:
*stipe wrote:
I don't know about the artist, but the Hyperion Elite 2 is quite spacious.
If it’s anything like the fit of the Hyperion Tempo I disagree.
To my foot the New Balance RC Elite has a much better toebox, though you do need to size up as it runs small. Supposedly the Adios Pro has a roomy-for-a-racer toe box as well (looks much rounder than the others).
Tempo and Hyperion Elite 2 are on two completely different platforms.
* stipe wrote:
Tugboat1980 wrote:
If it’s anything like the fit of the Hyperion Tempo I disagree.
To my foot the New Balance RC Elite has a much better toebox, though you do need to size up as it runs small. Supposedly the Adios Pro has a roomy-for-a-racer toe box as well (looks much rounder than the others).
Tempo and Hyperion Elite 2 are on two completely different platforms.
If the HE2 is wider than the Tempo then I stand corrected. I just know that I stuck my foot once into a Hyperion Tempo and took it right back out. Length was spot on but the toe box was horrible. Narrow, way too pointy, and way too little material on top so it squeezed the top of my foot in addition to the sides. And I have a C/D width foot.