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TRABUCO 14 Trail Running FI

ASICS TRABUCO 14 Trail Running FI

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Sentiment score60% positive
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Last updated: May 20, 2026

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Reddit Iconbackyardbatch
28 days ago

for mixed terrain like that, i’d lean trabuco 14 or tomir 2 since both handle rocks and mud pretty well without feeling too bulky. max 5 is softer but a bit much for technical trails.

Reddit IconDrippFeed
3 months ago

North Face Enduris 4 or On Cloudultra Pro are super comfy(biased I have both). Trabuco is pretty soft, its a higher volume shoe imo. I have tried Ultra Glide 4 and its pretty cushy and stable. Also, Wildhorse if you have a lower volume foot.

Reddit Iconmik0laj213
6 months ago

[Trabuco 14](https://www.asics.com/pl/en-pl/trabuco--14/p/1011C166-800.html) [Trabuco MAX 5](https://www.asics.com/pl/en-pl/trabuco--max-5/p/1011C164-020.html) I haven't seen this being announced on anywhere so look what I found this morning. The changes made to Trabuco 14 seem to be a go with the flow of current trend for more bouncy foam, and more of it. Looks very promising in my opinion. But man was I disappointed when I found out about Trabuco MAX 5.... I have 4s, and I love the idea behind this shoe, more stack, more of an all-terrain shoe, rather than hardcore trail runner, but the 4s don't deliver on this idea after 1500km on the I feel like there is room for improvement and this shoe would slap in high stack trail category. I like to think that 5s are just there cuz management wanted a yearly release and they just slapped some new materials to the upper and called it a day... I love the idea behind this shoe, and Asics has some great foams to be molded to it, but they decided to just slap some new colors... Sorry for the rant, but I was looking forward to new version of these and I'm so disappointed. I will definitely be going to the nearest shoe store to check on the 14s, as a replacement for my 4s. What are your thoughts about this ?

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Reddit Iconshubhampgarg
2 months ago

Depends on the kind of terrain you want to use the shoe on, and the kind of energy return you aspire. If you want a good energy return of light/moderate trails which are not muddy then go with Gel Trubaco. If you want more of a hiking shoe or are looking to run on a relatively hard/technical terrain then go for AP6. If they are mostly for training and you plan to train on both kind of terrains then keep both :p.

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