Get the 411 on the New Balance number system

New Balance has been serving up some of the best retro runners in the game since 1906 but there’s one mystery about the Bostonian brand that has remained somewhat unsolved: those damn model numbers. Rather than naming its silhouettes after a city, athlete or the technology at play, they’ve always been categorized into codes. Well, wonder no more – we’ve done some digging and got to the bottom of it.