New Balance Minimus Trail
Trail shoe · Neutral · Trail · 7.1 oz · 20/16mm stack · 4mm drop
How it ranks
The New Balance Minimus Trail’s rating is an early estimate. We haven’t collected runner reviews of this shoe yet, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Below average
Confidence
How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
29 Very low
External retailer ratings
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The middle of the bar marks the typical shoe at each type of retailer. The dot shows where this shoe ranks in comparison.
Based on
The bars show roughly how much each source contributes to this shoe’s rating. Their influence depends on how many reviews we’ve collected, how many earlier versions are in the product line, and the external ratings available.
- Product line track record
- External ratings
- Our ratings
Where to buy
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BuyPros
- At 6.7 oz it is well below the 8.9 oz median for trail shoes for sale.
- It lists at $124.99, well below the $170 median for trail shoes for sale.
Cons
- At 20mm the heel stack is far below the 36mm median for trail shoes for sale.
- The version before this one dates to 2014, so New Balance left the line alone for a decade.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the New Balance Minimus Trail
Each dot is one version of the Minimus Trail, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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Minimus Trail This shoe
2024 · 0 reviews
68 Below average
29 Confidence
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2014 · 2 reviews
69 Below average
66 Confidence
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2014 · 1 review
57 Bottom-tier
61 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 7.1 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 8.0 oz · Women's 6.1 oz
- Release
- 2024 Q2
- MSRP
- $125
- Widths
- Medium
- Stack
- 20/16mm
- Drop
- 4mm
Available sizes
Women's
8.5
6.5
40
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New Balance Minimus Trail In Context
More on the New Balance Minimus Trail
- New Balance Minimus Trail v1
- New Balance Minimus Trail v2
- New Balance Minimus Trail v3 previous version