- The Hoka Carbon could very well still suck. I think it’s highly unlikely to given Hoka’s experience in making shoes now but who knows - maybe the shoe wears out, carbon breaks quickly, or even works totally fine but is different enough from the full stack Bondi 6 / Clifton 5 popular type maxi shoes that it’s utterly rejected by their main crowd of buyers. I actually suspect this is more of a test run for them - if it not only sells well, but performs well, they’ll def quickly come out with another, more strongly backed model after there’s less risk. Can’t say I disagree there.
It’s important to note that this is Hoka’s second Carbon Rocket. The Evo Carbon Rocket+ is the first one available to the public, three years ago they issued a limited run of shoes to their pros.