Saucony Ride 19 — Spec Analysis (Not Yet Tested)

Spec analysis — not yet tested

The Ride is the neutral twin of the Guide 19 already on this site: same platform, no sidewalls. The 19 moved to a wider base, a softer PWRRUN+ foam and a more pronounced rocker. Saucony, as with the Guide, publishes almost no numbers, so the figures below come from a named reviewer and a retailer. Here is what a foot and ankle surgeon reads into them.

What Saucony says the Ride 19 is

Saucony describes the Ride 19 as “softer, lighter, and more responsive than ever” and “equally at home on easy miles, long steady runs, or faster-paced training” — a neutral daily trainer. The midsole is PWRRUN+, which Running Warehouse describes as a supercritical eTPU blend for a “softer landing, higher energy return”, under an engineered-mesh upper on an XT-900 carbon-rubber outsole. Saucony does not publish weight, stack or drop. It is sold in D and 2E for men and B and D for women at about $145.

Manufacturer specifications

Source column tells you where each figure comes from. “Saucony” means the brand’s own US product page. A retailer name means the brand does not publish that figure and a retailer does. “Not published” means nobody reliable does — those are the figures our bench measures first.

Specification	Figure	Source
Category	Neutral, daily trainer	Saucony
Weight, men's	Not published by Saucony. 9.0 oz / 255 g at size 9	Doctors of Running (reviewer)
Weight, women's	Not published by Saucony. 7.7 oz / 218 g at size 8	Doctors of Running (reviewer)
Heel stack	Not published by Saucony. 38 mm	Doctors of Running, Running Warehouse
Forefoot stack	Not published by Saucony. 30 mm	Doctors of Running, Running Warehouse
Drop	Not published by Saucony. 8 mm	Doctors of Running, Running Warehouse
Midsole	PWRRUN+ (supercritical eTPU blend)	Saucony / Running Warehouse
Outsole	XT-900 carbon rubber	Running Warehouse (retailer)
Upper	Engineered mesh	Running Warehouse (retailer)
Widths, men's	D, 2E	Saucony
Widths, women's	B, D	Saucony
Removable insole	Not published	—
APMA Seal of Acceptance	Not confirmed — Saucony’s APMA-accepted listings found are for its kids’ line	Saucony — not confirmed
List price	$144.95	Saucony

Figures checked September 7, 2026. Manufacturer pages: men’s · women’s.

What the spec sheet suggests — and what only a test can answer

8 mm drop on a 38 mm heel is the friendlier geometry for a sore heel than the Guide 19’s 6 mm. That is the odd thing about this pair: the neutral Ride sits at 8 mm and the stability Guide at 6 mm, so a heel-pain patient with a neutral foot is better served by the Ride’s numbers, and a pronating heel-pain patient has to trade support against drop. Both figures are reviewer-measured — Saucony publishes neither.

A wider base is the change that matters most to us. Reviewers report the 19’s platform is wider underfoot with more sole flare than the 18. In a neutral shoe, base width is the main source of stability, and a wider, flared base under a soft foam is usually better tolerated by an older walker or a patient with a mildly unstable ankle than a narrow one. Whether it is wide enough is a measurement.

9.0 oz is light for this much stack. Light plus soft plus tall is comfortable and usually means lower torsional rigidity — fine for a neutral foot, a caution for a flat one.

What only the test can answer: the real stack and drop, base width, forefoot flexibility, toe-box dimensions (only two widths exist), insole removability and orthotic volume, and how PWRRUN+ holds up past 50 miles.

Who this shoe is probably for

Read from the published specification, not from wear. Treat these as hypotheses the test will confirm or overturn.

What changed from the previous version

Saucony publishes no changelog. Doctors of Running describes the Ride 19 (launched around January 2026) as having a wider base underfoot, more sole flare, a plusher upper and a more pronounced rocker than the Ride 18, with a softer feel “dialed in for easy days” rather than the 18’s faster-leaning ride.

Where to buy

Disclosure: the links below are paid links. If you buy through them Amazon pays us a commission at no cost to you. Commissions never influence a score, a ranking or the seal, and this page carries no score because the shoe has not been tested — see our independence policy.

Amazon listings are colourway-specific; the button opens one common colourway and you can switch colour and width there. Manufacturer list price $144.95 on September 7, 2026; prices move, check the listing. Also sold directly by Saucony.

Questions people ask about the Ride 19

What are the Saucony Ride 19 good for?

Easy and long miles for a neutral foot, per Saucony’s own positioning, and — read from the reviewer-measured figures — heel-pain patients who want an 8 mm drop under a soft heel. The wider, more flared base reviewers describe on the 19 is the change that matters most to an older walker or a mildly unstable ankle.

Is the Saucony Ride 19 a good running shoe?

On paper it is a light (9.0 oz at size 9 per Doctors of Running), soft neutral daily trainer on the same platform as the Guide 19 without the sidewalls, at about $145. Its limits are by design: no stability system, and women get only B and D widths. Whether it is good is what the bench and the wear test decide.

What are the key differences between the Saucony Ride 18 and Ride 19?

Saucony publishes no changelog. Doctors of Running describes the 19 as having a wider base underfoot, more sole flare, a plusher upper and a more pronounced rocker than the 18, with a softer feel dialed in for easy days rather than the 18’s faster-leaning ride.

Is Saucony better or Hoka?

Neither brand is better for every foot. On this site the comparable neutral shoes are this Ride 19 (8 mm drop, per reviewers) and the HOKA Clifton 10; the comparable stability shoes are the Guide 19 and the Arahi 8. Choose by drop, width and support system, not by brand — and read the source column, because Saucony and HOKA publish very different amounts of data.

Is the Saucony Ride 19 a stability shoe?

No. The Ride is Saucony’s neutral daily trainer; the Guide 19 is the stability version on the same platform.

What is the drop of the Saucony Ride 19?

Reviewers and retailers list 8 mm on a 38 mm heel; Saucony does not publish it.

Does the Ride 19 come in wide?

Men’s D and 2E; women’s B and D, per saucony.com.

What happens next

This model is in the queue for bench testing under Standard v1.0: weight on our scale at men’s US 10, heel and forefoot stack with calipers, internal toe-box width and depth, torsional rigidity, heel-counter stiffness and an Orthotic Volume Rating with a real orthotic inside it. If it goes on to wear testing, the nine-criterion scorecard and the seal decision follow. Every number will carry its own provenance label so you can see which figures we measured and which we are still quoting. If you own a pair and something on this page contradicts what is on your feet, tell us — corrections are logged.

Page type: spec analysis. Acquisition: not yet purchased. Last verified: September 7, 2026. Author: Tom Biernacki, DPM, FACFAS — board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, about.

Other shoes we have looked at

Drop is the figure that decides how load splits between your heel and your forefoot, so it is the fastest way to tell these apart. Where a figure was independently measured rather than taken from the brand, it says so — and on several of these the two disagree.