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I was skeptical about the grip at first and unfortunately was proven right, on anything wet I felt myself slipping everywhere. The Juniper seems to have gone for a strange, pyramid design to their lugs around the outside, with only a small section on the forefoot exterior looking like they’re made to grab onto surfaces. Modern trail running shoes tend to go for relatively deep lugs in very particular patterns to gain traction on a variety of surfaces when wet and dry. You can tell just by looking at the Juniper Trail that it is in fact somewhere between a road shoe and a trail shoe. If you’re looking for something to help you with overpronating, Nike might not be the answer, instead maybe the Asics GT 2000 9 Trail. There is a lack of support in the arch and this is definitely not a stability shoe. While in most scenarios this probably won’t happen, I felt a bit uncertain tackling any steep downhills for fear of rolling my foot. This might not seem like a huge shift away from the average, but paired with stretchier materials in the upper, the foot can easily go over the edge. At 109.4mm, the midsole at the forefoot is a little on the narrow side, but the toe-box is also pretty wide at 101.7mm while the average is 98.5mm.
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While the fit is great, and I actually quite like the room toe-box, I did find one issue: the toe-box is so roomy that I found my forefoot slipping over the edge of the midsole.
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The Nike Juniper Trail toe-box has some problems It might be worth investing in some new laces though, the stock ones that come with the shoe are quite slippery (it only took 13.3N to fully untie them in testing). The Nike fly lacing system is a dream as well with fast lacing which kept my foot from sliding forward on the downhills. Your browser does not support the video tag. I probably put this through a bit more challenging terrain than it’s meant for and my heel didn’t go anywhere. My foot slipped into the strapped heel and felt cupped and protected from the get-go.