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My 2160 are coming up for replacement, I read mix reviews on the successor model 2170, if you have upgraded to 2170 then I would be grateful if you could share your experience or even if you decided to ditch 2160 and gone for something else?
BTW i use 2E (wide) version.
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Having finally kicked my Asics habit due to their spiralling prices, I got some NB965s and some Adidas Supernova Sequence 4s instead, and both are definitely comparable to the 2150s/2160s.
I'm getting a bit fed up with the price of Asics spiralling out of control as well and also NB is also a UK firm so might change.
Asics sizing is normally tight; i.e. I'm a 10.5 in Asics and a 10 in everything else. If I went to NB would it be a size 10?
I'm a size 8 in both. The NBs felt marginally bigger but not as much as half a size, though that could be something to do with my fat feet!
I have ran in the 21xx's for years and upgraded to the 2170s about 6 months ago. I don't use mine to race in (too heavy), but they are my workhorse shoe for almost all my training
I think they are just as good as the 2160s, and they've seen me through 6 months of consistent training with no real issues.
This review turned me right off the 2170.
My 2160s were very slightly to tight still use both very happy with them paid 69 I think for the 2170s I am sticking with them and plan to do a marathon in them
In October.
I picked up a pair of 2170 from Decathlon for £50 and I'm happy with them. I wouldn't pay ~£70 for them though, prefer to keep an eye out for offers or get discounted previous season's models.
Was there a specail offer/code for gettign it at a good price?
Thanks guys for your response, what I see here does not contradict with what I gleaned from the web, mixed reviews!
I need a replacement as my current pairs are on their last leg, I have been injury prone so I would not want to take any risk! It seems that even natural progression (2170) does not guarantee that I would fall in love with them!
I guess best course of action would be to visit specialist sports/shoe shop to try a few on before deciding, I would not mind getting my gait analysed to ensure I still need mild pronation support, does anyone know a specialist shoes/sports shop in Kingston Upon Thames area?
Cheers
What did you get MandM?
I have procrastinated for some 250 miles now, and struggling to find 2160s.
In the end i went for the 2170 as it was almost impossible to get 2160 in 2E. I have not used them yet so not sure how good is my investment but will do soon.
Let me know if you got lucky with 2160.
cheers