Weight 287gEvaluation This is a good season for New Balance shoes that appeal to lighter, faster runners. The 770 is a stability-enhanced version of the £50 730, which received high praise from our weartesters. Normal-weight runners used the 730
New Balance is a firm that believes in sticking with a winning formula. So it has merely tweaked the excellent 879 to create the 880. The midsole and outsole have barely changed, and it’s in the cosmetics where most of the work has taken place
Weight 205gEvaluation One of the most striking features of the RC240 is its distinctly 80s look. But if you can get past the grey, yellow, blue and white colour scheme, youll find a perfectly decent racer. The RC240 replaces the distinctly more monochrome RC230, which we said w...
Albis (£70, discontinued); New Balance RX Terrain (£50)
Weight 311gEvaluation Eagle-eyed readers will notice that we’ve yet to review the New Balance 831. That’s not because we have missed it, but because New Balance have simply leapt straight from 830 to 832. The good news, though, is that despite
Weight 350gEvaluation The 850 series always provided New Balance’s outstanding stability models. The last in the series, the 855, though, was beefed up and made far more supportive – moving towards motion control. That wasn’t a problem – the 855
Balance's new Acteva midsole foam, so the cushioning is good despite its low profile. Few runners will find it their ideal marathon shoe, but for 5Ks and 10Ks, the quick, neutral runners out there should enjoy it.
Weight 387gEvaluation New Balance is well known for simply upgrading its successful models, particularly its motion control shoes. That's not the case with the 815: it's a completely new shoe. And surprisingly, its not an all-singing and dancing
Stability Web in the midfoot, the 750 is one of the most supportive racers available. The shoe also utilises New Balance's N-Lock lacing system, so the upper can be pulled snugly around your midfoot for extra support. Of course, we aren't talking motion
Weight 351gEvaluation In the past, New Balance's 1200 range of shoes has been aimed squarely at the big-guy market. With the 1221, though, New Balance has delivered a shoe with lots of cushioning, bags of stability, and durability that will appeal
