asics Glideride Running shoes out of the box, and comparison with Metaride.
At the beginning, I still take a bit of introduction to Glideride and the Ride series it belongs to:
- Glideride is from the ASICS Ride series The second pair of shoes , the first pair is Metaride. The prototype of the third pair has also been unveiled. Some elite players wear it to compete. It is a dual-positioned competitive shoe;
- In the case of smaller and smaller upgrades for series such as kayano and nimbus, the Ride series may become ASICS "serious running shoes" is a very important main product;
- among several major running shoe brands, ASICS is considered the most "stable"-product design always adheres to its own set of concepts and the quality of each pair of shoes Updates are small-step iterations, but also more cautious and large-scale changes and new technology applications. This is also considered the brand’s tonality, and users have praised and criticized it;
- For ASICS, the Ride series has been considered a very changed shoe, the main product is GuideSole动能ARC科技, Thick midsole + exaggerated outsole arc, high visual recognition.
The first pair of Metaride sells for as high as 1899, and the quantity of goods sold is not large. Obviously it will not be a quantity version, at least it can’t become the choice of most runners. The Glideride priced at 999 is much closer to the people.
(Left Metaride, Right GildeRide)
Glideride's positioning and parameters
Glideride and Metaride are both jogging shoes (the third pair of rides will deviate from speed/ Competitive), compared with the original K-series and N-series on the division of foot shapes, although Glideride still indicated that it is suitable for runners of normal foot/inversion foot type , it is not necessary to be too entangled in foot shape-it is suitable for almost all Runner.
Glideride's foot feel is obviously different from traditional kayano and nimbus, the thickness of the midsole is much higher, Glideride forefoot thickness is 26mm, heel thickness is 31mm, front and rear palms The drop of 5mm is close to the foot feel of running shoes with zero drop (<4mm).>
The arc-shaped outsole design will also make you intentionally or unintentionally more biased towards the midfoot landing , so although it is a thick-soled jogging shoe, the weight is not the lightest gear, GildeRide also does not Will not give people a feeling of being too calm.
Daily jogging, Glideride is not a big problem for running various distances, even if it is used to run a marathon, it can be controlled after 4 hours after the finish time — In contrast, it is lighter than Metaride and has a midsole. Play some softer.
The most important midsole configuration, Glideride uses a layered midsole, upper layer FlyteForm (lightweight buffer), lower layer ProPel (resilient) , followed by Gel胶, but it is much smaller than Metaride.
Guidance Line (center guide line) and other traditional technologies are also used on Glideride.
The price difference has doubled. At first glance, Glideride seems to be a civilian version of Metaride, just like most people's positioning of the iPhone XR. This view is not entirely correct.
It is undeniable that Metaride is more "luxury", but must the luxurious ones be more "suitable"? not necessarily. Glideride inherited and improved Metaride's foot feel, wears many aspects but improved.
Glideride unpacking and wearing
Glideride forefoot arc is very exaggerated, the official statement is that it can save energy and move forward more easily. In fact, for people who are used to other ASICS running shoes, Glideride may need more time to adapt, kind of feels a bit leaning forward.
With 26, 31mm height of the front and rear palms, Glideride already meets the definition of thick-soled running shoes . This thickness is also thicker than most ASICS running shoes.
The upper part, integrated engineering woven upper. Visually, the forefoot of Glideride is wider.
Arah Plus outsole, the whole palm does not have a midsole in direct contact with the ground, and durability is not bad.
The heel package is slightly simpler than the K series, N series and Metaride, but the actual squeeze, the heel is still very strong-all ASICS running shoes, on the heel In terms of package and support, they are unique.
Directly using official data, Glideride is 7% more cushioning than Metaride, and is softer on foot. .
The two Ride models are different in the midsole configuration. Even without the hollow design of the Metaride midsole, Glideride is much lighter (the same size, single lighter 16g).
Slightly regrettable, the two Ride positioning jogs, but did not use ortholite insoles, otherwise the foot feels more comfortable.
Comparison of Glideride and Metaride
Two pairs of shoes of the same size-
Glideride seems to be larger and wider than Metaride;
Both Glideride and Metaride’s forefoot upturned arcs are very radical, which also causes a very obvious forward feeling on the first foot;
The same one-piece woven fabric, Metaride’s The mesh surface is more elastic, and the mesh is larger than Glideride;
In the midsole, the inner part of the Metaride midsole is hollowed out, and GEL glue is distributed on both sides of the heel. The volume is about 3 times larger than Glideride;
The heel package mentioned earlier, the actual difference between the two pairs of shoes is not obvious, even the simplified Glideride still has quite good ankle support. The sponge wrap around the ankle is also very good.
Metaride has a larger ground contact area than Glideride. Metaride uses a brand-new GRIP SOLE outsole, which at first glance looks a bit similar to a transparent gel-like outsole. Fit on the flannel; the outsole of Glideride is closer to traditional running shoes.
After several actual combat wear, the softer and lighter Glideride will make people feel that it may be more suitable for faster paces in jogging compared to kayano and nimbus , Even for some speed training; the thick midsole guarantees a buffer space, and it really feels lighter than Metaride, without cumbersomeness-taking a car as an example, Metaride is more like a higher configuration and more The luxury BMW 7 series, while GildeRide is more like the BMW 5 series, even if the price difference between the two may be doubled, it is hard to say that there will be such a gap in the driving experience, but the carrot and cabbage have their own love. Coupled with cost performance, Glideride may be more suitable for most people to consider starting.
Because the usage of the two pairs of shoes is not large so far, this article is also mainly for unpacking and comparison.
For questions about actual combat and product performance, you can reply and exchange in the comments.
