Fit: true to size
The dual-compound outsole is not marketing. Wet limestone that I normally walk down, I ran down.
/ / Engineering
Trail shoes have followed road shoes into high stacks, and the result is a shoe that is stable on tarmac and vague on a hillside. Groundform runs a 28mm stack with a 0.8mm nylon rock plate close to the foot, so you feel the terrain and are protected from it — those are not the same thing and most designs sacrifice the first to achieve the second. The lugs are 4.5mm on a directional pattern, softer rubber at 62 Shore A on the outer edges for wet rock and harder at 70 through the centre where wear happens. The upper drains rather than resists, because a waterproof trail shoe that fills up stays full.
/ / Specification
- Midsole
- EVA-PEBA blend, 28mm stack
- Rock plate
- 0.8mm nylon, forefoot only
- Outsole
- 4.5mm directional lugs, dual compound
- Upper
- Draining mesh, welded toe bumper
- Gaiter
- Attachment points front and rear
- Lacing
- Round 140cm, lace garage
- Mass / stack / drop
- 268g · 28mm · 6mm
DROP 013 · trail · unisex
VR-12 Groundform
3 reviews238 pairs across all sizes
A trail build on a 4.5mm lug with a rock plate you can feel through. Deliberately less cushioned than it could be.
$255
6 pairs in stock — ships in 48h
Free shipping over $200. 30-day returns on unworn pairs.
/ / Field reports
Reviews
4.7
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- Fit: true to size
Low and connected. If you have been running high-stack trail shoes this will feel alarming for a week.
- Fit: runs small
Drains superbly. Runs about a half size small in the toe box for me.
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