anyone tried their shoes? thoughts?
trisports has them at: http://www.trisports.com/on-cloudsurfer.html
looks to ‘gimmicky’ for me…
well, you can say the same thing about newtons.
I’d like to hear from people who have tried them.
and i do say the same thing about newtons…
They had them at the expo in Vegas. My friend demo’d them and he said they were too gimmicky. In looking at them they are way overpriced and nothing special. The little bubble/spring things looked like they would wear out quickly.
I would reach out to Dan - Slowman. One of his good friends is the US distributor. I am sure he knows a ton about them.
PM Paul Thomas on here - he is working with ON
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Newton’s are not gimicky. They are well worth the investment. Especially if you have problems with heel striking.
Newton’s are not gimicky. They are well worth the investment. Especially if you have problems with heel striking.
and like mine, you are entitled to YOUR own opinion on the matter and i respect that.
I only know this second hand from a friend who wore them (edit: I’m talking about the Cloudsurfer shoes, not the Newtons) so take this second hand account for whatever it is worth. This is a very fast female runner. She said she would NOT recommend them. She said they were OK to walk around on but she did not like them and would not wear them. Too unstable at fast paces and when cornering. Also said they were too slippery on wet roads. She had them as part of a group of good runners who were trying them. Two of the runners liked them, the rest did not.
Newtons are very gimmicky. That’s not necessarily a bad thing though.
I just feel that if a runner has any problem with heel striking they are amazing in correcting that. I also don’t worry to much about cornering when I run. 
I am sorry did I offend you. I was just trying to state MY opinion. I was not trying to be in your face about it. Sorry.
it came across as that way a little… but no worries, sticks and stones… and forums never hurt me.
I did a little bit of running and walking around in a pair in LV.
On the whole pretty firm, but not uncomfortable or leaves you feeling like you are crashing down on the shoe when landing. They didn’t run heavy. They fit well, even my high volume feet, comfortable for the short time I wore them (20-30min). I’m a neutral runner with no bio-mechanical issues.
To a previous post if you are a over extending and heel striking, simply putting on a pair of Newton’s & expecting change, will not change that. Changing how you run is the correct answer.
I just feel that if a runner has any problem with heel striking they are amazing in correcting that. I also don’t worry to much about cornering when I run.
I wasn’t talking about the Newtons, I was talking about the shoes the original poster posted about
I had a pair of Newtons and I like pretty minimal shoes. They don’t feel squishy, like a lot of gimmicky shoes. They fell quite bouncy and firm underfoot. My only gripes were that I would have preferred that the lateral lug be extended a few cm toward the heel, or a small lug be placed just behind that lateral lug, since that is where I land when running HIM and up, as well as on my long runs. They were quite fast for me despite the weight (the neutral racer). I did the NY marathon in them a couple of years ago, but after 18-19 miles the extra strain on my achilles reared it’s ugly head, which it hadn’t done in my training.
The newer MV2 flat looks interesting. It’s light and low heeled, but I’d prefer that small lug behind the lateral lug.
My longest tri this year has been a 10 mi run and my A4s were great for that, but with my OLD feet (60y) anything over HIM might cause some metatarsalgia in those. I might just give the MV2s a try next year for longer races, or just for 10k and up on pavement. I wonder if the 3mm heel pad might obviate some of the achilles strain on longer runs. ???
I agree with others, they (like Newtons) look super gimmicky. Also, no running shoe should cost more than $100, and you can even get really good ones for much cheaper than that.
“proven to lower heart rate by 2 beats per minute and reduce lactic acid on average of 5.4%”
Please…this “data” is well within physiological noise
For $150 I can buy SEVERAL pairs of my running shoes.
Newtons may not be for every one, but I have had 4 pairs and I am happy with them. This year I qualtified for the Boston Marathon in New Orleans wearing the Neutral Racers (and I was -3:48 for my age group) and actually got in to Boston. A couple of weeks ago I ran a very hilly `10K in the new MV2 shoes and was first of 7 in my age group. Yes, they are expensive and not everyone is going to like them. There are different kinds of feet and different kinds of running styles. Pick the one(s) that work for you and go with them. Tim