(Wide) road shoes c. £100 max
secretsam
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Hi all
Want to get some 3 bolt road shoes to replace current MTB soes (will get new pedals, natch!)
Have quite wide feet (UK 9 continental 43) and don't want to spend more than £100. One LBS sells Lake, other than that it's the 'net or travelling.
Recommendations?
Want to get some 3 bolt road shoes to replace current MTB soes (will get new pedals, natch!)
Have quite wide feet (UK 9 continental 43) and don't want to spend more than £100. One LBS sells Lake, other than that it's the 'net or travelling.
Recommendations?
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Specialized fit me and I have quite wide feet.
I have the standard fit (and they arent narrow as older Shimano shoes i've tried) in a 44 and i'm a UK9 in everything i buy normal shoe/trainer etc wise.
I think I'm going to spoil myself and try Bont Vaypor Plus in wide fit next.
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I also have wide feet, and struggled to find the right size and comfortable, the different sizes required in different brands is also a minefield, but I ended up with Bont Riot in a 44.5 , I was 43 in some others including the Assos G1 which are actually Lake, So I would assume Lake to be a nice forgiving fit in general and will definitely search out their high end shoes when I next buy a pair.
The Riot was pretty good out of the box, but had one tight spot related to the ratchet strap point... the heat moulding whilst a little scary meant that I could soften and ease that section out to get a virtually perfect fit.
I am very happy with them.
clearly Bont Wide would have been the goto in the Vaypors etc. but after waiting over 3 months for them to come in to stock from Bont (import seem very sporadic and whatever Bont want to send) I had to try others.
The Vaypors are over your stated price range, but I would say despite the fact there will be shoes and good ones at that below the £100 mark, because of the importance of foot comfort, don't limit yourself to the £100 too strictly, in the interests of maybe finding the perfect fit in a more expensive shoe, however the prices do seem to jump from £100 up to £300 for the Top of the range shoes with out too much in between...
ref above I found the Shimano 87's like slippers but for some reason despite not feeling tight they gave me cramp just standing and sitting in them, (the cramp thing is me personally, I used to suffer with ski-boots the same, I guess I just have weird shape feet) But despite not the 'look' I wanted they felt great so cramp aside I would have had to buy them as they were so soft.
S-works will be too expensive, but surprisingly I was considering the top s-works shoe too I guess as it's so supple and soft material it allowed my wide feet to spread, but they weren't perfect and too expensive for not perfect..
but worth a try as they were a surprisingly forgiving shoe.
I have very wide feet and actually got on OK with Specialized Comp Road shoes for a while in terms of fit, although do not like the dial tightening system. And I had to stick arch support insoles in them to prevent hotspots / numbness.