New Balance Fresh Foam Cruz

Overview

The Fresh Foam Cruz is a neutral road running shoe family utilising Fresh Foam tech from New Balance. This is the original product in the family.

It was released in 2017. Its support type is designated as neutral, meaning that it's designed for runners with neutral pronation. The latest model in the family is the New Balance Fresh Foam Cruz v2 Knit.

Based on our monitoring of prices across the internet, it's currently in the cheapest 20% of running shoes today.

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similarity	Similarity	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar	Very similar
released	Released Jun 2017	Apr 2017	Apr 2017	Jun 2016	Jul 2014	Nov 2015
expertReviewScore	Expert Review Score ‌ ‌	‌ ‌	‌ ‌ 83%	‌ ‌ 92%	‌ ‌ 86%	‌ ‌
Weight	Weight M: 261 g W: 218 g	M: 238 g W: 190 g	M: 232 g W: 179 g	M: 269 g W: 241 g	M: 213 g W: 179 g	M: 249 g W: 207 g
Forefoot	Forefoot	M: 20 mm W: 18 mm	16 mm	22 mm	17 mm	20 mm
Heel to toe drop	Heel to toe drop 8 mm	8 mm	8 mm	4 mm	6 mm	4 mm
Heel	Heel	M: 28 mm W: 26 mm	24 mm	26 mm	23 mm	24 mm
Brand	Brand New Balance	Nike	Nike	Saucony	Nike	Nike
Shoe Type	Shoe Type	Lightweight	Lightweight	Low drop	Lightweight	Lightweight Low drop
Techs	Techs New Balance Fresh Foam		Nike Flyknit		Nike Flyknit
Environmental Characteristics	Environmental Characteristics		Vegan Ⓥ		Vegan Ⓥ
Common characteristics RoadDaily runningNeutralNeutral pronationFore/Midfoot strikeHeel strikeHigh arch

Characteristics
Sports	Running (+2046)
Terrain	Road (+1361)
Usages	Daily running (+1131)
Brand	New Balance (+128)
Support Type	Neutral (+1598)
Pronation Type	Neutral pronation (+1574)
Strike Type	Fore/Midfoot strike (+1112)Heel strike (+1098)
Arch Type	High arch (+1521)
Techs	New Balance Fresh Foam (+63)
Colorways	Grey

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