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adidas Adizero EVO SL ATR Review: More Seasons, More Grip, Not Just "Trails". Comparisons to EVO SL
Dec 25, 2025
In the video Sam compares the ATR version of the popular EVO SL to the initial version.
Full written EVO SL ATR Review:
https://www.roadtrailrun.com/2025/12/adidas-adizero-evo-sl-atr-review.html
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0:00
Hello everybody. We're going to take a
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look at the AttiZero Evo SL ATR, the
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all-terrain version of the very popular
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Evo SL, and we're going to closely
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compare them. I've taken them out for
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runs on the snow, on pavement, uh, and
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we're going to look closely at how it
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differs from the regular Evo SL, which
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has been a super popular shoe in 2025.
0:24
So, please stay tuned.
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Hello everybody. Sam from Road Trail
0:27
Run. Happy holidays. Merry Christmas to
0:29
everyone. Today we're going to take a
0:30
look at the variant of the Evo SL, the
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uh Evo SL ATR,
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uh which should be coming out shortly.
0:41
Somehow it's a bit delayed. We're going
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to be comparing it to the regular Evo
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SL, which has been a super popular shoe
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in uh 2025.
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Uh but not my favorite for a number of
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reasons, which I think the ATR improves
0:56
on. Uh, so in terms of comparative
1:01
weight, the regular Evo SL is 7.76 O 220
1:06
gram in a US 8.5. The ATR is heavier.
1:11
Yes, indeed at um 9 about 9.1 O 256
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grams. Uh so about 36 grams heavier. And
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of course that has to do with its much
1:23
much more
1:24
extensive outsole coverage as well as a
1:29
considerably reinforced and I think much
1:32
more effective upper. So what Adidas has
1:36
done here is given it a waterresistant
1:40
upper. I took them out on the snow
1:41
yesterday, light snow on the ground on a
1:44
golf course. Nothing wet through. So
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this is a very thin dense uh mesh. We
1:50
also get which is really nice uh the
1:55
riged laces and a gusset tongue which
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the Evo SL does not have. So this is a
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much more supportive upper uh and it
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answers many of the problems of the Evo
2:09
SL. We even have kind of rubberized
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bumpers here. We have reinforcement of
2:14
the heel counter. Just a much much
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better heel uh overall foothold.
2:20
Now, the Evo SL it looks like is going
2:22
to get some kind of inline uh variance
2:26
of its own with a gusset tongue and a
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woven upper soon. I hope they change the
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laces. The foothold was not particularly
2:33
great for me. It was okay. It's there.
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It's 150. The Evo SL ATR is 160. So for
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160 you're getting 1 and 12 mm
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uh Continental lugs, much more coverage.
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Uh I find it uh much easier and more
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kind of pace range friendly than the
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uptempo
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uh Evo SL. Uh I do wish that uh they had
3:03
kept the weight down a bit more. U not
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sure how they could have done that.
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Maybe these extra reinforcements are not
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quite totally necessary, although I
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certainly keep the outsole. Okay, in
3:15
terms of stack height, I'm kind of
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estimating the Evo SL ATR at 40 and a
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half heel 33.54
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foot though. So, this is right up in the
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max category. Uh, as is the Evo SL, I'm
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saying one and a half millimeters less
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to account for the lugs. So, 38 32. So,
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there's plenty of uh very fine light
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strike pro cushion here. Now, you're
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going to say, "Well, it's a trail shoe
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or an all-terrain shoe." Well, these are
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1 and a half millimeter Continental
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lugs. And I'm going to I went to my
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archives and I want to show you a few
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things here. Here is the Tacumi Sen 7
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from Adidzero Tacumi Sen 7. And these
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lugs are uh two plus millimeters. So, a
4:04
lot of grip uh is called for, I think,
4:08
especially if you're going to have a a
4:10
fast shoe or a shoe that can handle some
4:13
light trails, a bit of snow, wet roads.
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Another one from the archives. Kind of
4:19
fun. This is the Float Ride uh Pro. I
4:24
think that was the name of it. One of
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the first pea shoes. Look at those lugs.
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I think they're 3 millimeters. So, um,
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uh, don't be afraid of the extra grip
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here. You do feel the lugs on the road
4:39
as a bit more present than you you would
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in the all smooth um, uh, outsole here
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on the um, on the regular Evo SL. But
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the outsole also is a key key factor in
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changing the feel of the shoe. I found
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unlike many that the Evo SL had that
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flexible forefoot a little bit
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completely rigid midfoot. And I'm going
5:07
to show you now why that is. There's a
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small plate directly under the foot that
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made that kind of harsh. So there's our
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so-called dog bone plate. And uh it's
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actually placed uh directly directly
5:20
below the lasting board. So it's very
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very firm. It should be, I think, placed
5:25
lower down in the shoe or become more
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like the torsion system. But at $150, I
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think, and $160 here, I think Adidas had
5:35
to make a choice. Um, in construction,
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we saw the upper issues with the uh, for
5:41
me anyway, with the Evo SL. And to to
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bring it in at that price, they had to
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make a nice simple construction, which
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is what they did with that little plate.
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and then a relatively soft heel. So,
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kind of a unless you're always up on the
5:56
front, not a not exactly a smooth ride.
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Here we have the same beautiful light
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strike pro foam as in the Evo SL. Uh it
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feels I would say about the same
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firmness, maybe could be a teeny touch
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firmer. the same little plate, dog bone
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plate, but the outsole kind of gives it
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more structure and makes it both, I
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think, more kind of responsive as
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opposed to springy bouncy and much
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smoother in at a wider variety of paces.
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So, so if you're thinking of a Light
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Strike Pro, all Light Strike Pro, which
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is just a wonderful foam trainer, um it
6:38
can it can actually kind of be a much
6:40
more versatile daily trainer. Uh I'm not
6:43
sure I'd take it in summer heat. Uh but
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um I think it's just a much more
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versatile shoe, although it does come at
6:50
a bit of a weight penalty. Uh, so kind
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of more daily trainer focused, more
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uptempo focused here. So, uh, I first
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got them at the the running event, uh,
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from Adidas. They were kind enough to to
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give us a sample pair, but what I'm
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really feeling is ran them down there in
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nice warm weather and yesterday ran
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course and snowy conditions, not deep
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snow, but gr sort of a couple inch or so
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over gravel and they were great. And
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then you transition to the road and
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you've got a nice fast snappy ride. It's
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a relatively
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firm ride as a result of the additional
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rubber compared to some compared to the
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Evo Evo SL despite the awkwardness of
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the plate or the Rad UFO. more similar
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to the Maverick uh tier Maverick and
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kind of feel
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uh but definitely has a snappy uptempo
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kind of ride to it and a much more
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stable secure one due to the upper. So,
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in no way should we pigeon hole it as
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kind of a trail shoe, light trail shoe
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only. It's actually really as much a
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road shoe as a trail shoe for sloppy
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conditions, wet conditions, some light
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snow, uh gravel, etc. So, it's equally
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as versatile as I showed you with the
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outsole. Uh 1 and a half millimeters is
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not excessive. Uh its upper of course
8:18
leans bad weather with its kind of water
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totally waterresistant, not waterproof
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um nature and the reinforcements. But um
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essentially it's a ruggedized road shoe
8:32
that can handle some light trails, some
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gravel, making it a very versatile shoe
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and I think much much more versatile if
8:39
not quite as exciting as the regular Evo
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SL. So, thank you very much for
8:45
watching. Have a great run. I'm going to
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It's Christmas Day. I'm going to head
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out along the coast in these nice cold,
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snowy conditions.
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