ROAD SHOES?

SQU@RETIP
SQU@RETIP Posts: 83
edited August 2007 in Workshop
Looking to purchase shoes soon any recommendations my limits about 100 squid.

Does anyone wear any of the Northwave range https://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail. ... ad%20Shoes

thanks

SQU@RE
07 Focus Cayo

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  • mrushton
    mrushton Posts: 5,182
    SQU@RETIP wrote:
    Looking to purchase shoes soon any recommendations my limits about 100 squid.

    Does anyone wear any of the Northwave range https://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail. ... ad%20Shoes

    thanks

    SQU@RE

    great shoe, v.comfortable with a v.stiff sole but for £100 you can get a good choice of last years models. I've sieen Sidi on offer recently for @£60 and the silver Nike poggio for the same. shop around
    M.Rushton
  • SQU@RETIP
    SQU@RETIP Posts: 83
    thanks have been looking at the sidi range.

    also a pair of specialized https://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail. ... 5360028359
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  • bobtravers
    bobtravers Posts: 115
    Time also have some great shoes, if you don't have a large foot
  • bobtravers
    bobtravers Posts: 115
    Time also have some great shoes if you don't have a large foot
  • SQU@RETIP
    SQU@RETIP Posts: 83
    bobtravers wrote:
    Time also have some great shoes if you don't have a large foot

    I'm afraid I do have a large foot

    cheers bob
    07 Focus Cayo
  • Chirg
    Chirg Posts: 141
    Go to your local bike shop and try loads of them on! Unfortunately the best fitting for me were the ugliest pair I tried on - now discontinued Shimano R151s. They definitely weren't on my shortlist but the Sidi and Diadoras that were didn't fit as well so ended up with the aforementioned Shimanos.
  • hugo15
    hugo15 Posts: 1,101
    I have the Specialized ones. They are very comfy. My LBS recommend getting a size bigger than your normal shoe (I have read similar advice in another shoe thread) so something to think about in you buy on the net. The only downside are the ratchets, which are a bit stiff to pull out when you are taking the shoes off.
  • primalcarl
    primalcarl Posts: 579
    I recently bought some North Wave Aerators and I'm impressed. Mega stiff carbon sole, good vents (for summer at least!), good fitting (good for wide feet) and look pimp.

    Thanks to Wiggle I got them really cheap
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    I have only had Sidis and would recommend them in a heartbeat. My next pair will be Sidis as well. No-brainer.
  • ut_och_cykla
    ut_och_cykla Posts: 1,594
    Sidis are nice for me. Well made. Shimano is also ok. Try before you buy tho'!
  • Mark Alexander
    Mark Alexander Posts: 2,277
    SQU@RETIP wrote:
    bobtravers wrote:
    Time also have some great shoes if you don't have a large foot

    I'm afraid I do have a large foot

    cheers bob


    Originaly I had Sidi's size 45. I then bought som North waves, and they fit me at size43.
    that's the difference for wide feet. I now have MTB and Road Aerator 3's which I've just bought. both are fantastic :D
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  • Pirahna
    Pirahna Posts: 1,315
    If you've got wide feet get them measured to find out how wide. Both Sidi and Shimano do wide fitting shoes, others may "come up wide" but it's a bit hit and miss. What feels like a slipper in the shop can turn into you're worst nightmare after a couple of hours.

    I made this mistake earlier in the year with a pair of DMT Flash. Super comfy in the shop, even after standing around in them for 30 minutes. After an hour on the road my feet started to feel cold, which was the blood supply not working. After two hours I had no feeling in either foot. I rode them for around a 1000 miles then binned them. Now on Sidi Megas which are good but I'm saving for a pair of Rocket 7's.
  • Ashley_R
    Ashley_R Posts: 408
    Recently bought me second pair of Sidi's, Genius 6.6's white with carbon soles, nothing wrong with my old ones, just love the new ones

    best compliment I can say is that after a long hot day, can't even feel I'm wearing them their so comfy

    think Wiggle were selling some Genius 5's for about £80 recently
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  • mea00csf
    mea00csf Posts: 558
    Theres not much point in asking for recomendations on a forum for buying shoes (type of shoes perhaps, but not makes etc) What is foot heaven for one person will be foot hell for another. Try on as many as you can, pick which one feels best.
    Makes also vary as well. The specialized motodiva's fit me really well, the Riatas were terrible, one size far too small, next size up far too big.
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  • wildmoustache
    wildmoustache Posts: 4,010
    mea00csf wrote:
    Theres not much point in asking for recomendations on a forum for buying shoes (type of shoes perhaps, but not makes etc) What is foot heaven for one person will be foot hell for another. Try on as many as you can, pick which one feels best.
    Makes also vary as well. The specialized motodiva's fit me really well, the Riatas were terrible, one size far too small, next size up far too big.


    yep, i agree with that. comfort is king. just a note on the spesh shoes ... the s-works IS worth the money. it is substantially lighter than the models below. Ihave two pairs but can only bear using the s-works as the comp carbons feel like concrete boots in comparison.
  • SQU@RETIP
    SQU@RETIP Posts: 83
    Mark Alexander wrote:
    SQU@RETIP wrote:
    bobtravers wrote:
    Time also have some great shoes if you don't have a large foot

    I'm afraid I do have a large foot

    cheers bob


    Originaly I had Sidi's size 45. I then bought som North waves, and they fit me at size43.
    that's the difference for wide feet. I now have MTB and Road Aerator 3's which I've just bought. both are fantastic :D

    Im interested in the Aerator 3's cant get my hands on any for fitting I'm UK11 the size chart states a EURO45 did you encounter size trouble.

    cheers,
    07 Focus Cayo

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