1. In previous Topo reviews, you praise the fact that they never make radical changes, just subtle nuanced ones that improve on an already good thing. But here in this review, you all worry with great trepidation that the shoe might be getting stale or falling behind competitors because they made only a few subtle, nuanced changes. Can’t have it both ways folks! Topo is consistently good about seamlessly improving the next version. You never hear Topo customers screaming that Topo wrecked a favorite shoe by coming out with a complete redesign that makes everybody angry. We’ve all been there with other running shoe brands, haven’t we? 😉

2. I agree with the idea that if you want better grip with the lugs for more technical trails than the trail to road Ultraventure can handle , go with the MTN Racer (historically, it’s also been slightly lighter in weight than the Ultraventure ). I love them both.