As featured in the June 2006 issue of Running Times Magazine |
$94.95
Women 6-12; Men 5-13, 14
Trail runners are not generally familiar with shoes that weigh well under ten ounces, unless they run cross country or track and have raced in spikes. For that racing-spike feel, minus concentrated pressure under the ball of the foot, Inov-8’s Roclite 285 (for 285 grams) gave our testers that winged-foot euphoria. Inov-8, a UK company with a well-suited moniker, has stormed the world mountain-running scene in the last couple of years and with shoes like the 285, it is no wonder. The 285 features a unique "Fascia Band" sole design for propulsion efficiency, an abrasion-resistant mesh upper that laces high on the foot, toe protection for screaming descents, and a sticky-rubber outsole that has been toned back on contour to make the shoe more versatile than other, extremely a
ggressive shoes in the Inov-8 line.
