A potential true allrounder, with a caveat. Saucony’s Freedom 3 is a relatively difficult shoe to categorize. It’s well cushioned without being plush, durable without being a tank, and light but not a featherweight. If I were to hazard a guess, this would be the Triumph’s wilder sibling, incorporating much of that premium shoe’s technology…
The 880 is New Balance’s answer to the likes of the Brooks Ghost, Nike’s Pegasus, Hoka’s Clifton, and Saucony’s Ride, i.e. a workhorse daily trainer with a moderate price tag. It’s one of New Balance’s most popular shoes that, until this year, lagged a bit behind some of the company’s more sophisticated technology, particularly the…
Peak Hoka Hoka’s Bondi is the essence of maximalism in shoe design—a highly cushioned shoe with a prodigious 37mm stack height. When people think of Hoka, this is probably the shoe they envision. “Moon shoe” would not be an inaccurate adjective. Stepping into a Bondi for the first time can be disorienting; the shoe’s thick…