Asics Mens & Womens Gel-Nimbus 21 Running Shoes (various styles)

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11-25-2019 at 06:44 AM #3

I'm a huge fan of the nimbus line and currently wearing 9.5E in the 20s...any comments on 21s as far as fit?

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I'm a huge fan of the nimbus line and currently wearing 9.5E in the 20s...any comments on 21s as far as fit?

What about digging runrepeat.com and solereview.com?

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I'm a huge fan of the nimbus line and currently wearing 9.5E in the 20s...any comments on 21s as far as fit?

I'm getting ready to buy another pair of them, but I'm going to move up a half size (9.5 to 10) due to the smaller toe box.

The shoes took a little while to break in. Great ride once broken in.

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I'm a huge fan of the nimbus line and currently wearing 9.5E in the 20s...any comments on 21s as far as fit?

I'm surprised you like the 20s. This shoe used to be awesome until they messed up the toe box in the 19... Fixed that problem in the 20 but took away like half the padding. It's remained that way through to the new 22. I'd been wearing Nimbus starting with Nimbus 9 and have done anywhere from 28-60 miles a week during that run of Nimbus use. They are pretty terrible now compared to before. I just recently switched to Brooks Glycerine and they seem nice so far but I'm still too new to them to cement that statement. Either way.. The newer Nimbus mostly feel like a Wal-Mart $40 shoe nowadays.

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I'm a huge fan of the nimbus line and currently wearing 9.5E in the 20s...any comments on 21s as far as fit?

I normally wear size 10 in regular shoes and wear 10.5 in Nimbus. I've been wearing Nimbus for almost 20 years. The 19's were HORRIBLE, they got a little better on the 20's, but the 21's are much, much better. The toe box is better and the cushioning seems to have returned to the pre-19 form.

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What about digging runrepeat.com and solereview.com?

Thanks; runrepeat.com helped.

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I'm getting ready to buy another pair of them, but I'm going to move up a half size (9.5 to 10) due to the smaller toe box.

The shoes took a little while to break in. Great ride once broken in.

I keep seeing conflicting reviews of the toe box. Supposedly it is bigger on the 21s moving from the 20s.

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I'm surprised you like the 20s. This shoe used to be awesome until they messed up the toe box in the 19... Fixed that problem in the 20 but took away like half the padding. It's remained that way through to the new 22. I'd been wearing Nimbus starting with Nimbus 9 and have done anywhere from 28-60 miles a week during that run of Nimbus use. They are pretty terrible now compared to before. I just recently switched to Brooks Glycerine and they seem nice so far but I'm still too new to them to cement that statement. Either way.. The newer Nimbus mostly feel like a Wal-Mart $40 shoe nowadays.

I wouldn't say I really like the 20s compared to previous models, but I like the Nimbus line in general as far as long distance running shoes.

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I normally wear size 10 in regular shoes and wear 10.5 in Nimbus. I've been wearing Nimbus for almost 20 years. The 19's were HORRIBLE, they got a little better on the 20's, but the 21's are much, much better. The toe box is better and the cushioning seems to have returned to the pre-19 form.

This is great to hear!

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11-25-2019 at 08:46 AM #9

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I'm surprised you like the 20s. This shoe used to be awesome until they messed up the toe box in the 19... Fixed that problem in the 20 but took away like half the padding. It's remained that way through to the new 22. I'd been wearing Nimbus starting with Nimbus 9 and have done anywhere from 28-60 miles a week during that run of Nimbus use. They are pretty terrible now compared to before. I just recently switched to Brooks Glycerine and they seem nice so far but I'm still too new to them to cement that statement. Either way.. The newer Nimbus mostly feel like a Wal-Mart $40 shoe nowadays.

Well shoot I guess I'm returning the 20s I just bought.

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11-25-2019 at 08:54 AM #10

Got 21, pretty firm, I won't get another pair, will wait for the deal on 22.

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11-25-2019 at 09:04 AM #11

Quote from fromsoca23 :

I normally wear size 10 in regular shoes and wear 10.5 in Nimbus. I've been wearing Nimbus for almost 20 years. The 19's were HORRIBLE, they got a little better on the 20's, but the 21's are much, much better. The toe box is better and the cushioning seems to have returned to the pre-19 form.

Did you have to size up to 10.5 on the 21s? I didn't have to size up when I wore the 18s.

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11-25-2019 at 09:21 AM #12

Appears most of the same ones are $69.95 on amazon also, with potential 5% discover cashback

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11-25-2019 at 09:23 AM #13

What's their max run speed?

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11-25-2019 at 09:44 AM #14

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11-25-2019 at 09:46 AM #15

After I've tried the nimbus line 3 years ago, I haven't bought anything other than this series, I have more than 10 nimbus, while, I have 20 other pairs of barely used Nikes Reebok's Adidas etc which I stored away cause I can't go back to those shoes, thank you for posting this deal

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