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Reddit Reviews
Went from the Hoka to Craft- Pure Trail and never looked back. Everyone’s feet are different, but man do I love their shoes
They’re weird shoe. I have a bunch of trail and gravel miles in the non-trail version, and they’re super fun absolutely rip on shitty roads, gravel, and flowy single track at the right pace. But they fit super short, the upper has no structure at all, and the midsole is tall, tippy, rock-hard and totally rigid. If they’re cheap and you’re curious they might be worth a try. Otherwise, newer craft models like the Pure Trail and Nordlite Ultra have better uppers and more modern midsole foams.
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