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Old June 25th 06, 07:46 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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All
I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and
it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and I have to
unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the foot.

Thanks

Gareth


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Old June 25th 06, 09:56 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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gareth price wrote:

I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit.


Sid Dominator Mega (note the extra 'mega") are the widest I have found.
Quite hard to find, as they are stocked by few dealers, but if you can
try them, you'll find they are good, though go one size larger than
normal, I bought mine via ebay, and went for a 44, which fit well, my
normal shoe is 9.5/10, so the sizing is maybe slightly small on the
Sidis.
Around £100, but I think they are worth it, good quality, and most of
all, they fit without squeezing my foot.
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Old June 25th 06, 09:58 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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gareth price wrote on 25/06/2006 07:46 +0100:
All
I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and
it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and I have to
unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the foot.


Shimano shoes are well known to be narrow except their spd sandals. Try
Northwave or SIDIs

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Old June 25th 06, 08:35 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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If you have wide feet don't buy anything with a poncy "tensioning
system", no matter how cool it looks, because they generally leave the
front of the shoe at a standard width. Stick with laces.

I have wide size 10.5 feet. I have a pair of Shimano M020's with SPD's
with the laces nice & loose at the front of the foot, & they're fine.
The out of the box lacing crushed my foot as you describe. You won't
want that shoe if you've got ATACs but you get the point about laces.

Phil
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Old June 25th 06, 08:36 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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"gareth price" wrote in message
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All
I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's
going to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size
feet and it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and
I have to unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the
foot.

Thanks

Gareth


By coincidence I was reading this today:

http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/review/...PN=22782#60100

Paul


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Old June 25th 06, 10:41 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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gareth price wrote:
All
I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and
it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and I have to
unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the foot.


I bought Sidi Dominators Mega which worked for my (US) sized 10 EE feet.
They are mtb style but I use them on both the AT bike and the road bike.
I am quite happy with them.

-paul
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Old June 25th 06, 11:00 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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gareth price wrote:
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I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and
it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and I have to
unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the foot.

I don't know how people with big feet can get into Shimano shoes, but I
suppose they must sell them to someone. I used to like Duegis, but I
don't know if you can still get them. I have some Specialized shoes
that aren't too bad a fit.
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Old June 25th 06, 11:10 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Rob Morley writes:

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gareth price wrote:
All I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried
on Shimano and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the
shop reckons it's going to be a hard job to find shoes that fit.
I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and it's a right pain when cycling as
the base of the foot hurts and I have to unclip from my time ATAC's
and pedal using the middle of the foot.

I don't know how people with big feet can get into Shimano shoes,
but I suppose they must sell them to someone. I used to like
Duegis, but I don't know if you can still get them. I have some
Specialized shoes that aren't too bad a fit.


I've got big, wide feet and I get on okay with Shimano shoes. I tend
to wear Meindl walking books because they're reasonably wide. I was
advised to just buy a size larger than normal in Shimano shoes and
that seems to have worked out for me.

FWIW I'm using MT30s in size 47. I'd quite like the cleat to be a
little further forward than I can get it but that's a minor complaint.

Chris
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Old June 26th 06, 10:10 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Rob Morley wrote:
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gareth price wrote:
All
I've got wide feet and I can't find any shoes to fit. I tried on Shimano
and Diadora yesterday both too narrow and guy in the shop reckons it's going
to be a hard job to find shoes that fit. I've got 11.5/12.0 size feet and
it's a right pain when cycling as the base of the foot hurts and I have to
unclip from my time ATAC's and pedal using the middle of the foot.

I don't know how people with big feet can get into Shimano shoes, but I
suppose they must sell them to someone. I used to like Duegis, but I
don't know if you can still get them. I have some Specialized shoes
that aren't too bad a fit.


Why oh why does the cycling industry seem to follow a totally different
and random sizing scheme to everyone else? I'm size 45 for any other
shoe, but I need size 47 shimano shoes to fit, and they are firmly snug
in both length and width.
Also for jerseys and shorts, I'm everything from L to XXL depending on
brand!

Problem I have is with ski equipment, especially boots, where exact fit
is a crucial part of their use. Given the 4 hours I spent for fitting
last time, my feet are obviously wider than the average skier, but not
wide enough to need special cycling shoes. And one foot is about 3mm
wider than the other, which is noticable only when skiing.

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Old June 26th 06, 08:41 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Why oh why does the cycling industry seem to follow a totally
different and random sizing scheme to everyone else? I'm size 45 for
any other shoe, but I need size 47 shimano shoes to fit, and they are
firmly snug in both length and width.


It's a sports thing. I've got size 11 feet, but all my football boots are
size 12. Shimano shoes fit me perfectly if I go up to size 12, as do Puma
football boots. Most get too wide when I go a size up.
 




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