First, I'm a New Balance loyalist. I've run in NB for a few years and there is no other running shoe that I prefer. Most my running is now on the trails so I jumped over to the New Balance MT110 and it is MY perfect shoe. Amazing minimalist shoe and I completely forget about my feet when I'm running in them. In looking for an equivalent road shoe I tried these and they are just not the same. They ran way too big. The MT110's in my size 14 fit perfectly, these in a 14 were like clown shoes and in a 13 way too tight. They also gave me blisters on my balls after a 5k because they are so big.  Finally, the quality doesn't compare to the upper end shoes (MR10, MT110, etc). The difference is immediately noticeable. I hoped these would work for me but they did not. I jumped to the MR10 and that is a good quality shoe!