Saucony Ride 9
4/5
Overall
Anonymous runner · Jan 2, 2018
60 mpw training for a half marathon came from the Brooks Ghost 9
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 4/5
Saucony Ride 9
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9.2 oz · 8mm drop · 26/18mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Saucony Ride 10 replaced it
How it ranks
The Saucony Ride 9 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and value are its strongest sub-ratings. Comfort scores well below its other sub-ratings. The rating rests on 11 runner reviews and 10 other rated shoes in the Ride product line. One more review would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Bottom-tier
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 will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
91/100
What runners say
“New everun material is great; nice bounce that feels great on faster runs, tempo, track.”
“Impressed with how good and soft, yet responsive the ever-run midsole was.”
“Soft but resilient midsole; still well cushioned after close to 1000 miles.”
“Within less than 2 months showed considerable beating; large hole in mesh, multiple spots coming apart.”
“Easily done 350 miles with another 50+ likely remaining.”
“Glue attaching outsole rubber to midsole not durable; pieces of sole flap around.”
“Very firm, responsive feel without being slappy.”
“Upper got holes and started tearing away from midsole within about 500 miles.”
“Fall apart faster than ideal, but usually available cheap and last 3-4 months depending on mileage.”
“Tongue is much shorter, barely sticks out over laces and slides around.”
Prefer this shoe over another
35% 8/23
Where to buy
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
Pros
- Averaging 8.6 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is lighter than the 8.9 oz median for daily trainers on sale, and three reviewers call the ride light and springy.
- Three reviewers say the Everun midsole stays cushioned deep into its mileage, one at close to 1000 miles.
Cons
- Four reviewers report the upper tearing or the outsole rubber separating, two of them inside a few months.
- Two reviewers find the fit tight and pressured over the instep.
- The Ride 8 before it scores 93 on six reviews, against this version's 54.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Saucony Ride
Each dot is one version of the Ride, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2025 · 3 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
70 Confidence
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2024 · 6 reviews
68 Below average
69 Confidence
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2024 · 7 reviews
55 Bottom-tier
84 Confidence
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2023 · 31 reviews
74 Decent
89 Confidence
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2022 · 29 reviews
66 Below average
91 Confidence
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2021 · 5 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
71 Confidence
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2017 · 27 reviews
52 Bottom-tier
95 Confidence
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Ride 9 This shoe
2016 · 11 reviews
54 Bottom-tier
91 Confidence
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2015 · 6 reviews
92 Very good
86 Confidence
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2014 · 49 reviews
53 Bottom-tier
98 Confidence
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2013 · 40 reviews
53 Bottom-tier
96 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 9.2 oz
- Release
- 2016 Q3
- MSRP
- $120
- Stack Height
- 26mm heel - 18mm toe
- Drop Height
- 8mm
Runner reviews
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Saucony Ride 9 In Context
More on the Saucony Ride
- Saucony Ride 19
- Saucony Ride 18
- Saucony Ride 17
- Saucony Ride 16
- Saucony Ride 15
- Saucony Ride 14
- Saucony Ride 10 next version
- Saucony Ride 8 previous version
Reviewers Also Ran In
- Brooks Ghost 9 2 runners
- New Balance 880 v4 1 runner
- Saucony Guide 8 1 runner