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adidas Supernova Rise 2 Review with A/B Run Comparisons to Rise 1
Jan 16, 2025
In the video, we 00:00 Detail the adidas Supernova Rise 2, an everyday road trainer that loses 28g (new upper) on the same 35.5mn / 25.5mm, 10mm drop platform. We also compare it to other 2024 adidas trainers.
It has a supercritical foam midsole (now softer) and some inherent stability. 07:44 Footage of an A/B run (fit and ride) with the v1 on the other foot along the New Hampshire coast and at 12:59 Conclusions and Recommendations
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in the video we're going to take a look
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at Adidas's Supernova rise 2 it has a
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super critical pea blend foam it loses a
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lot of weight compared to version one it
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has an elaborate uh uh underfoot
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Carriage if you will with support rods
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uh which are a hardened Eva the upper
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changes to a simple engineered mesh from
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the prior knit upper and I think is a
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big improvements it's $140 it's
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available
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now hi everybody Sam from Road trail run
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we're out here on the porch and it's
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snowy and gold we're going to take a
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look at the Adidas Supernova rise 2
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today uh it's a daily trainer from
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Adidas it's
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$140 it has a super critical peab but
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type foam midsole it's version two of
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the shoe and we're going to compare it
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closely in an AB run to version one and
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even though the platform um and stack
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height at 352 25 and half Remains the
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Same the upper and the ride have changed
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quite
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significantly and Adidas has been on a
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roll this year so uh we're also going to
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talk a little bit about uh a couple of
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their other shoes you might put in the
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daily uh category of daily trainers the
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Supernova Prima which is a very similar
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construction with more stack height and
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a different kind of outsole than our
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Supernova rise and one of my all-time
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favorites of 2024 the ai ai
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SL2 but first let's talk a bit about our
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um our rise 2 before I take them out on
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the Run AB with uh version one so it
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does have a super critical peba type
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midsole here and what's interesting and
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what I noticed and what um I'll comment
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on the run new version uh and clearly
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depressed and I'll give you a bit of a
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demo of that is a bit
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softer know if you can see that but a
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bit softer a bit more reactive so I
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think they've changed the formula there
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um uh the uppers also have changed quite
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significantly over and we'll comment
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that on the ab run here we had a knit
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kind of upper quite thick a little bit
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suffocating here it's a much lighter
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mesh overall the fit is much smoother
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and what this does is it um primarily
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upper brings the weight way down we come
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down a whole ounce 28 g to
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9.17 oz 260 g in a in the US 8.5 sample
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so that's really significant a bit more
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about the underfoot platform here um
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what Adidas it's quite complex actually
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if we flip it
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over the blue
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here coming through are what they call
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support rods so what this shoe has is
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some inherent stability right at the
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ground at the ground so it while it's a
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neutral shoe and there's the solution
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which I didn't particularly care for
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much um this shoe is quite stable and
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I'm a neutral kind of guy uh but it
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really is a very stable uh shoe as a
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result and but it's not just the rods
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look at all this rubber uh at the rear
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durable maybe it could be a bit better
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decoupled but I can tell you with the
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new foam it flows much better than
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version one which was really quite rigid
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through here uh it is a flexible shoe uh
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and that's partially due to the 252
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stack I up front which these days is a
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bit thin now if you want to go a bit uh
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more Cushing in an Adidas daily
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trainer you step up to the Prima here uh
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while our um our rise is uh $140 the
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Prima is $170 oh pardon the truck's
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going by 170 the same um dream strike
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plus foam but under foot we have a
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different kind of outsole construction
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you can see here this is a rubberized
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foam instead of what we had here very
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kind of uh uh stiff if you will firm add
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wear which we also had up front here we
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have a a a softer outsole I think it's
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still quite durable you can see I don't
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have too too much wear yet and then up
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front we have more of a crystal kind of
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rubber uh it's a little less
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flexible the upper is a little thicker
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and kind of more uh plush uh this this
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was one of my favorites of the year as
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well um so a bit more shoe I maybe I
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prefer it now and then one more we can
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talk about before we go out for our
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run the uh the AI zero uh
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SL2 this one has light strike two foam a
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little firmer maybe than what we have in
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the rise and a core of Light Strike Pro
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somewhat higher heel height at 40 I
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think it's a 9 mm drop we have some uh a
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good uh full coverage outsole
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upper as you can see if we compare a
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little bit here if I can show you upper
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is a little thinner uh which helps with
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the weight it's about a full ounce
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lighter than our our rise but not quite
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as supportive uh neither of them has a
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gusset tongue we don't have a gusset
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tongue here uh back to our rise uh
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number one in terms of the upper one
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thing I noticed right away is the heel
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hold and fit much more comfortable here
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this was a bit rough both of them have a
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rigid heel counter my
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senses what they did here is they
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lowered it a little bit maybe um and the
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padding here is equal uh but I think
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maybe the angle you know is a bit more
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swept back here this is a more
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comfortable rear of the shoe and if we
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go to the front of the shoe the toe box
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um in in number number one here we have
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this really quite stretchy knit a bit
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sloppy in comparison to this very smooth
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fit here
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so um in other brands uh shoes you might
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compare this to with higher drop because
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we're 10 here is say the Pegasus plus
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from Nike also is considerably lighter
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although this shoe is really quite light
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the Pegasus plus with zoomx um kind of a
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little racer approach to the same thing
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this is a steady reliable daily trainer
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you won't get in trouble you you if you
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need a TI teeny Touch of stability to
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help you there if you're neutral it'll
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get you through just about all your
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miles not your speedier stuff where you
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might want to go AC course to something
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like this or the Boston the Boston from
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Adidas but it's just a reliable shoe and
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it's really a significant improvement
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over what uh along with the Prima here
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over what we've had from Adidas and
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daily trainers so let's take them out
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for a run on the SE coast of New
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Hampshire and I'll give you impressions
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of fit and ride and some more Babble
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about comparisons to give you a sense
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for fit and ride
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comparing uh Nova Supernova rise one on
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the right to the uh number two on the
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left you can see right away we have this
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stretch knit upper here um it's heavier
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it's denser uh one thing I'm for sure
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noticing and Adidas calls it out is
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there's a change to the heel counter and
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the heel hold much more comfortable here
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in the two it's kind of a little bit
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sharp in the
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one toebox volumes are similar maybe a
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bit more stretch in the one but here
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much better hold uh tongues again
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similar but I think the new lacing
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system just a little bit more secure
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what holds the foot here cuz there's no
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gusset are the three stripes going give
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you a sense for what they feel like
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they're fairly thick but they're pliable
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here's our mesh not particularly
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stretchy a teeny bit maybe but over here
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we definitely have a stretch knit I much
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prefer the new the new approach here
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simple effective this is $140 shoe so
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you I don't think in many cases you
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really need fancy fancy engineered mesh
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if you pick the right material and then
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the right hold overall which we have
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here so I'll give you a few Impressions
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from the ride there are definite
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differences between these two even
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though the stack height is the
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same the weight here on our number two
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is 28 G lighter and in part I think
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that's the upper but I think also the
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mid so my beef with B1 was a really kind
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of rigid lateral heel f
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kind of Slappy overly rigid not very
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well decoupled well that's resolved here
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and I think that's because our Light
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Strike foam in V2 is slightly softer
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slightly less dense so I'm not feeling
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that over rigid heel we still have a lot
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of stability although inherent and
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really right at the ground from the
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support rods which are hard VA here's a
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picture of
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those and I'm finding easier flex and
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that also was seen in hand when I flex
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them that could be combination of the
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foam and this lighter upper so I've got
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to little quicker snap your toe
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off we do have a 10 mm drop 35 mm heel
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so plenty of heel cushion of the stable
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variety but 25 at the front is fairly
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thin but I'm finding this softer
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foam which reacts really
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nicely mitigates any issues with it
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feeling too thin but nowadays many of
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our shoes are you know 30 plus millimet
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at the 4 foot lot of the more Max shoes
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so this is a more traditional High drop
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ride 35
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25 a really nice alternative you want
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kind of an
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allaround daily trainer with some spark
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but a more serious side in the sense
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that it's nicely stable right at the
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ground no gimmicks no high side walls or
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any of that well we're at the
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harbor coming out to the mouth of the
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harbor just a beautiful beautiful cooler
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day here it's cold but it's sunny so
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things stay warm so a few more comments
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bit more on the fit um well maybe those
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with super wide feet or wider feet will
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like the knit better the hold is clear
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clearly clearly Superior in the new
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version and much much smoother overall I
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sense some vertical bagginess in number
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one my toes may be pushing up on the
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knit none of that here and the two will
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be available in wide as well terms of
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the the ride bit further in definitely
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version two has a smoother lay down from
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the heel
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smoother roll even though on the surface
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there are no changes to the outsole I
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think that
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midsole change and the lighter weight
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cuz we're 28 G lighter that's felt as
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well much just kind of a smoother
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experience despite on the surface few
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changes that's why I like to do these AB
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runs if you're looking for for a durable
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reasonably priced daily Road training
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shoe with super critical foam and an
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inherently stable platform the Supernova
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rise 2 is a great new Option it's much
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lighter 28 G lighter and has a smooth
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fitting new upper that is a big
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Improvement for me over V1 as is its
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ride I recommend it for those seeking a
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single shoe rotation thank you very much
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for watching have a great run
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