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Today we're going to take a look at the
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New Balance Fresh Foam X more V6. It
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showed up unannounced here at Road Trail
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Run and I was a bit skeptical because uh
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the last one I ran was the four and I
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found it quite cumbersome. But here we
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have some big changes as we get a new
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outsole design at the same 4440
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stack height. Some refinements to the
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upper and also to the midsole sculpting.
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I was really surprised here. It's in
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their run to walk or walk to run
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category and it walks beautifully and it
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also runs beautifully. So, I've taken
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them out here on the sea coast of New
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Hampshire for a four mile walk and a
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sixmile run and here are my first
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impressions. Stay tuned.
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V6 yesterday was a four mile walk.
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there's a lot of rebound here. It's not
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mushy. This is not a mushy shoe. I'm
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very surprised because we got 44 mm at
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the heel, 40 at the forefoot. That 40 up
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front is huge. Uh but we've got a nice
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smooth roll. I think they've increased
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the rocker, increased the tow spring,
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but it's not a radical
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drop off like the very comparable
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Max. I don't like that shoe much. It's
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too kind of too abrupt. Here we've got a
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This uh fresh foam does not feel like
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some of the prior versions. They call it
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fresh foam, but it can be different
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mixes here. I think it's a bit firmer
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firmer than the 1080 of a few years ago,
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which I barely could run in. It was so
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we've got a uh really kind of fun big
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shoe ride. you you won't, you know, you
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won't ignore the 10.6 ounce weight. Uh
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it's about 300 g, but you've just got a
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tremendous amount of cushion that gives
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back. Now, in terms of the fit, totally
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perfect upper here for just about any
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foot. I have a narrow to medium foot. I
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am very well held. Very notable is the
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height of the toe box while remaining
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I'd say there's a teeny bit of stretch.
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You can hear that length is perfect.
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This is sort of a topo feeling toe box
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here in terms of room, fit, and hold.
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So, very nicely done in terms of the toe
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box and the overall hold. There's a
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gigantic, very solid heel counter. We
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have the gusset tongue, moderate kind of
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padding on the tongue itself. Lace up
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easy. I pull them right through and off
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I went. So, I'm going to keep going
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here. It's a beautiful morning here on
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the sea coast. Not as warm as it's been,
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but sun's out, so it's getting warmer.
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So, we got a lot of shoes these days
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going for way over 40 mm heels. Uh the
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Glistian Max, uh Verro Plus, Romero 18,
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Puma Mag. So, it's a tricky thing to get
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when you get above 40 millimeters at the
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front to be able to roll through. And
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here we have a 4 millimeter drop.
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Usually, I kind of like more drop and
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such a big stack shoe, but here Balance
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has done a great job with that rocker
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and spring, but also by keeping the foam
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not ridiculously soft, it's plenty. I'd
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almost say springy here. Springy and
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Maybe fresh foam can be different mixes.
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Almost feels like a there's some super
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critical in the mix here. Going to keep
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going. Fresh and smooth just like this
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new sidewalk that got blown out in the
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Nice, nice springy bounce here. Very,
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very smooth for such a big shoe. Yeah,
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it weighs up there, but not really super
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noticing it for kind of this easier pace
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run. Not getting bogged down, that's for
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So, that well segmented outsole and
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here's a picture again of it. I think
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really helps with the smooth roll out
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the front and there's enough rubber at
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the heel that I don't feel like I'm
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overco compressing, getting low. So
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outsoles often play a big role in ride.
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Not going to call this
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a very grippy outsole. It's pretty
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pretty smooth, but the rubber seems
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sticky, which is good.
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So, New Balance described the Moore V6
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to us that the running event is in their
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quote walk to run category. I walked
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them four miles yesterday. They're a
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superb walking shoe. A great one just
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for your longer, shorter walks. Well,
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it's so much cushion. However, what we
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really have here is a pretty darn fine
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max cushion trainer. Yeah, the weights
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up there a bit, but there's a kind of
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smoothness and consistency that a lot of
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other shoes in the category sort of
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lack. Um, they're either over rigid or
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over pronounced rockers or they got
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plates here. Everything's really all of
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a piece. Very smooth roll out the front.
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Running just under 10-minute miles,
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which is a fine pace for these. No
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sinking at the heel. Slow pace.
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rebound. Really, really well. Well,
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Thank you very much for watching. The
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Fresh Foam X more V6 will release in
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Uh, it's a fine new choice in the max
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cushion category for New Balance. Have a
