Could anyone let me know what the heel/toe difference in this shoe is? Does it ride pretty flat? I'd like to get it. Right now I'm running in the Tiger Paw full-time and I'd like something with a similar ride that would hold up longer (since the ultimate has foam only instead of gel)
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The heel/toe difference is nearly negligible. It rides very flat.
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How does it fit, in terms of length and width, relative to other Asics shoes? I was going to buy a pair of Neptunes from Venue Sports; but they're out of the clearance ones in my size.
I take a 9 1/2 in the Paw and a 9 in the Ultimate 81. It seems to me that Asics racers require you to get a half size bigger than their trainers. I don't use conventional trainers much, but I seem to fit into a 9 in most Asics trainers when I've checked. So I think the Ultimate 81 is pretty consistent with the sizing of their other shoes.
Thanks for the info HRE. I had an 11.5 Tiger Paw, and it was a little too tight. My other 11.5 shoes (Lyte, DST, 1070) have all fit fine, so I think I'll probably go 11.5 for the Ultimate. I have heard some grumbling by a regular poster on RW about the retro release of the X-Calibur GT being a lot heavier than the original back in the 80's. Is this shoe reasonably light? If so, I think I'll go ahead an order it. Eastbay has it for $40.
HRE, if you have a food scale or something else to measure the weights of those shoes with, I'd appreciate hearing how much those Ultimate 81's weigh. I'm a bit anti-shoe, but if I want to put in any type of mileage I pretty much have to wear them right now. The Tiger Tai-Chi's looked like they'd be super-light, but nobody has them in stock, apparently because they are related to some movie where Uma Thurman wore them...pretty crazy. Right now I do pavement running in the NB831's and offroad stuff in Cubato's, but I'm ultimately wanting to race barefoot so if the Ultimate 81's have less shoe to them than the Cubato's it could help with my transition.
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