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Wide Cycling Shoes
My cycling is blighted by my feet going to sleep because the footbox of my shoes is too tight. I have short (size 41) feet that are wide at the toes. Like a Hobbit but not as hairy.
I am wearing cheap Shimano R32 SPDs because I didn't want to spend too much on my first pair of shoes. I want to move over to SPD SL shoes because I think they will offer me a larger surface to press down on maybe stop my feet from falling to sleep. But it might be the width of my shoes. It feels very tight against my little toes and my feet fall asleep. So I'm not sure whether it's the cleats and their small surface area or the narrow shoes.
The only wide shoe I can find is a Shimano R088 wide version but that only starts in a size 42.
If you're 100 per cent sure you have very wide feet and have had problems with shoes before changing models would you mind letting me know what shoes you've moved to? I don't want to spend more than £75 and I'm not bothered how inflexible they are. I just want some comfort on my bike.
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I have wide feet myself and started with a Specialised wide fit SPD SL shoe. They did me sterling service. I have now moved onto Lake, still using a Specialised BG fit foot bed and it is like cycling wearing your favourite slippers, only with a mega stiff carbon sole. Go try some shoes and you find ones that fit. A decent shop will be able to advise.
What is a Specialized BG fit foot bed? And does it come in wide?
BG = Body Geometry (Spec's marketing/brand for their kit)
He removed the foot bed from his wide width Spec shoes, so it would be wide. Don't think you can just buy the foot beds but you can buy generic foot beds in various widths (in some case you cut them to size).
Suffering from wide feet myself I tried Shimano and Specialized, I ended up buying Mavic Avenir's. Very comfortable.
Specialized shoes typically come in 3 widths (wide, normal, narrow) but your retailer may not stock all of them. Sidi's Mega designated shoes are also wide (or maybe I should say wider since Sidi are notoriously narrow).
I had the same problem with Shimano even though they were two or three sizes too large. I tried the Specialised which were wider but settled for Northwave and have had no problems since.
Northwave, I have square feet as well, use them on the road and Spiuk for the MYB shoes, both wide fitting with a large toe box.
I'm a 41 as well with ridiculously wide feet (seriously, like flippers). I have a pair of the cheaper Specialized shoes at the moment and they're not wide enough for me. If you have properly wide feet, in my experience you can only comfortably get away with standard shoes if they are made out of lightweight materials and very flexible (so usually more expensive).
It would be worth hunting for wide fit styles, as they do seem to exist. Lake, Northwave and Sidi are on my list but I haven't got very far with it yet. Northwave tends to at least have a good range of prices. I'll let you know if I find something that works...
Failing that, if you find a pair you like that have some give in them but aren't quite wide enough, you might be able to get a cobbler to give them a stretch for you, which is what I do with normal shoes.
I am told Specialised shoes are relatively wide.
Thanks for the personal insight.
I am sorry my reply didn't meet your high expectations.
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