It’s bouncier on the road, grippier on the trail, and lighter all around.
looked at a bunch of gravel-bike tires. Why? Gravel bikes handle a party mix of terrain—everything from portions of street to dirt and mud, maybe some sidewalk, and of course, heaps of gravel. The brand’s door-to-trail hybrid needed to do the same.Flip the shoe over, and the Challenger’s outsole really does look like a bike tire.
The material itself is also now a tough, slightly sticky rubber. Testers found that the design kept trail gunk from clogging the tread, making the roads home from the trailhead feel light and easy.“I was skeptical that it would actually do well on multiple surfaces, but it passed the test. In the running for my new favorite pair. These shoes were grippy enough for trails but didn’t feel awkward on roads. I even used them for speed intervals on the treadmill,” one tester said.
“The lugs could be more aggressive for really rocky and challenging technical trails, but then I suspect they would be uncomfortable on roads. Overall, I feel like the traction is the perfect compromise.” Most of us wouldn’t go so far as to kick it on the NordicTrack with a pair of Hoka Challengers for speed day. But the shoe does feel surprisingly great on the pavement. There’s even more foam underfoot—the overall stack height goes up two millimeters—but the shoe actually has gone down in weight. That’s because Hoka’s using a tweaked formula of its midsole foam. It’s soft and not too squishy, but it’s still mostly EVA, so don’t expect an explosively bouncy ride and energetic rebound.
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