New Balance and Saucony

Which Hokas?

The Zante is great, the Vazee is virtually the same. Look at the Vongo or 1080v7 for a heavier trainer. The Saucony ride 9 looks hard, ouch!

Get a half size larger in your spikes or try the Adidas Avanti.

Some questions:

How old are you?

Are you growing noticeably? (Males actually grow well into their mid twenties and many medical authorities consider 25 to be the end of adolescence.)

Are your feet wide or narrow?

If narrow, are they narrow especially in the heels?

Subway Surfers Addiction wrote:

Which Hokas?

The Zante is great, the Vazee is virtually the same. Look at the Vongo or 1080v7 for a heavier trainer. The Saucony ride 9 looks hard, ouch!

Get a half size larger in your spikes or try the Adidas Avanti.

Hokas were the Clifton 3's. Ride 9's feel really good for me. Maybe a little hard but nothing I've noticed before.

A Florida Coach wrote:

Some questions:

How old are you?

Are you growing noticeably? (Males actually grow well into their mid twenties and many medical authorities consider 25 to be the end of adolescence.)

Are your feet wide or narrow?

If narrow, are they narrow especially in the heels?

I'm 16 and barely growing. I've been right around 128 since I was like 14 and have grown about one inch in that time. (I'm 5' 7") Kinda wide feet.

You should try the NB 880v7. It is competing very well with Brooks Ghost and Saucony Ride. It is actually out selling the ride in Run Specialty stores.

Larry Fine wrote:

You should try the NB 880v7. It is competing very well with Brooks Ghost and Saucony Ride. It is actually out selling the ride in Run Specialty stores.

That's interesting. I may do that. My local running store doesn't really sell much new balance so I'll probably stick with Saucony for now but it's good to know for future reference if I ever go somewhere else.

I like the heel-to-toe drop of zante, but I find it way too soft. Any good substitute for it?

Sledgehammer wrote:

I like the heel-to-toe drop of zante, but I find it way too soft. Any good substitute for it?

Look at the NB RC 1500v3 it has the same feel as the Zantes just harder with better grip or some of the Vazee range but they are heavier. Saucony Mirage 5 etc are worth a look but the 3s I have are stiff and hard (no innuendo intended). The Adidas adizero sub 2 must surely be out soon and that might interesting but again if the Zantes are too soft for you, they might be too but adidas is usually harder.

Does anybody have any other spike recommendations? Something that's like the Kinvaras but in spike form? Also, what exactly is it that makes Zantes so similar to Kinvaras?

Jayordon wrote:

Does anybody have any other spike recommendations? Something that's like the Kinvaras but in spike form? Also, what exactly is it that makes Zantes so similar to Kinvaras?

Not sure but look for the Adidas Cadence 2 (or 1).

Thanks for the input. I have heard that Vazee are also similar to Zante, just much firmer, a tad lighter and have less of a heel counter. Is that correct?

Maybe you should consider Nike Zoom Streak 6. Much firmer and lighter, with a slightly higher drop, though.

Sledgehammer wrote:

Thanks for the input. I have heard that Vazee are also similar to Zante, just much firmer, a tad lighter and have less of a heel counter. Is that correct?

Vazees are heavier by about 1 oz.

Aren't they at 7.5 ounce v.s Zante at 8.6?

http://runrepeat.com/new-balance-vazee-pace