Nike - Terra Kiger 9

I picked up a pair of Nike kiger 9 really cheap, they are fantastic trail shoes

Look around for Salomon Genesis, Kiger 9.

Nike Trail is quite different in fit to their road shoes. Kiger 9 has a pretty wide toe box, but is very locked down over the midfoot and heel. Kiger is a bit more of curved last compared with the Zegama 2 which is a bit more straight.

Kiger 1-8 terrible on wet rock. Kiger 9 = pretty good. Kiger 10 = Vibram. Also Kiger 10 is significantly lighter than the 9 as it switches from React to Cushlon. Also one of the rare shoes that uses a thin rockplate which I prefer as I don't sink or distort over stones.

Ye, Kiger will be more demanding that's just a personal preference I guess. Kiger 9 is my favourite shoe for Trailrunning and Hiking, but I'm just light not top 20% or anything.

Peg trail 4 had the old compound, Kiger 9 is updated and is much better.

For me Kiger 9s. They just work for my footshape and cost $70 and last 1200 km. Kiger 10 they changed the foam so won't be durable like React.

Try pick up a pair of Kiger 9s for like $80. Solid heel and it's 4 mm drop similar stack to peregrine, and toebox is wider than you might expect from a Nike. Peg Trail 5 another option, although the heel foam is quite soft and high drop so it's not really for technical terrain. But it handles road and fireroads well.

Kiger 9 very durable. I took 2 pairs to 1200 km each and actually still ok. I'm skipping the K10 cuz no react foam and will wait for the ACG Kiger.

Kiger is indeed great, totally underrated shoe.

Yeah I may replace my Kiger 9s just for the extra grip on wet rocks.

It depends imo of your weight and walking style. I have already 3 years old Nike Kiger, no holes, still bouncing well, just tired of them. I used them daily for 1.5 years. Now I have some Nike Terra trail, using 1 years, almost every day, run once per week (asphalt), bottom part wear less than 50%.

It depends imo of your weight and walking style. I have already 3 years old Nike Kiger, no holes, still bouncing well, just tired of them. I used them daily for 1.5 years. Now I have some Nike Terra trail, using 1 years, almost every day, run once per week (asphalt), bottom part wear less than 50%.

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

Peg trails and the wild horses are my favorites right now. Terra Kigers are good too but I’ve just gone through 3-4 pairs of those.

I mostly wear Topos but got the Terra Kigers on sale recently. They are awesome shoes

Neutral shoes are fine because the terrain is so varied when trail running. Stability shoes on trails are a recipe for rolled ankles (have flat feet, run in Nike Peg Trails, Nike Terra Kigers, and Saucony Peregrines just fine)

I live in Corvallis, but I wear Nike Terra Kiger and Altra Lone peak

I’ve only worn various generations of Altra Lone Peaks and Nike Terra Kigers and won races in both pairs, so they’re my favorite fast trail shoe.

Terra kiger , thank me later