New Balance Rebel v5 Review | Have they Gone Soft on Us?

The New Balance Rebel was an announcement to the rest of the running world that New Balance had arrived as a player in the modern performance category. The NB Rebel V5 is ready to push that narrative again.
At a time when running shoe brands were dropping new shoes with fat stacks of innovative foams, often featuring stabilizing plates, New Balance dropped a lightweight, low-to-the-ground fast trainer with a nitrogen-infused EVA/TPU foam that stood apart from the crowd.

The first Rebel was a big...