New Balance - Minimus Trail (MT10V1)

My vivo trail freaks lasted 1100km 😨. The new pairs are shiet after 200km. Can not a simgle company make a durable shoe anyone, no one cares about reusing plastic or shit adheasive that is good for the enviroment, but fails in 6 months. My New balance minimus 10v1s from 2006 are better then every single shoe i've tried, they're bomb proof.

I have these, and for me, they're perfect. They have like a 4mm drop from heel to toe so they're not technically barefoot as many of the barefoot purists on here will point out 😅. I have tried Vivobarefoot and inov8 which are both foot shaped, and the New Balances are definitely the widest. They appear less wide as they have a narrow heel and an athletic fit, but for me that's perfect as I am quite slender. I've found other barefoot shoes to just be wide the whole way and too wide around the ankle, but these are actually foot shaped. I went half a size up, and they're probs half a size too big, but idm the extra room in the toe box to account for the quite sharp pinky toe area round off. They also have very flexible vibram soles that easily can be folded in half.

New Balance MT10 are absolutely great 

Vivos are amazing, I have the trail and training shoes and they’ve both held up well to disc. Before I went to Vivos I was using New Balance barefoot trail shoes and they struggled to last more than a season or two. The fit and grip was excellent though.

Here’s my contribution. I haven’t done controlled tests like you did, but I run a lot of rocky vertical terrain and have put lots of miles in all these shoes. Trying to focus here on wet rock grip from the outsole and ignore other shoe attributes (fit, lock down, flexibility/stiffness, weight, cushion, etc) that also come into play with their overall ability to do the job on wet rock 5: VJ Maxx 1&2 VJ Spark Arcteryx Norvan VT (limited mileage) 4. Arcteryx Norvan SL 1, 2, &3 Salomon s/Lab Sense 7&8 Nnormal Kjeraq 3. La Sportiva Helios SR La Sportiva Vertical K & VK INOV-8 F-Lite 195 2. Whole bunch of older inov-8 x-talon and RocLite models NB minimus Salomon s/lab ultra 3 Salomon s/lab sense 7SG 1. Old Nike Terra kiger Salomon s/lab sense 1, 2, 3 For spiked shoes, I actually think they suffer quite a bit on rock because they don’t stick instantly like pure rubber soles. 4. VJ Devil 4 3. VJ bold race, VJ ice hero, INOV-8 ORoc 280

I used to love running on the New Balance Minimus line. I did a full road marathon in them which in hindsight was probably a mistake 😂. I had to stop and get more supportive shoes when I developed some ankle tendon issues but looks like they’re still around. Be careful if you’re running long distances in this type of shoe.

A low profile trail shoe is the way to go. Low is stable and being closer to the ground means less chance of a bad ankle roll. (Like rolling your ankle while barefoot or in high heels) Currently I'm rocking the New Balance Minimus Trail shoes. Not the same as the OG Minimus but they do the job and are very grippy. That being said it's time to work on rebuilding your ankle strength. Shoes can only help so much. Cheers and glad to hear you're getting back in the trails!

You might take a look at new balance minimus. I had a pair awhile back and loved them.

I recently started wearing New Balance Minimus Trail, and they’ve been really great. I don’t have many choices because I have very wide feet. Idio and Vessi aren’t options. https://www.newbalance.ca/en_ca/pd/minimus-trail/WTM10V1-49836.html

I've used a variety of flat shoes over the years (New Balance minimus, Merrell trail glove, Vivo Barefoots I forget the model....) and love it. I feel like my toes feel comfy and I have managed to avoid injury Big believer in barefoot shoes! I know not everyone has that opinion but I run in softer trail environment and it just feels good