Very wide feet custom shoes

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icequake2000
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Very wide feet custom shoes

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Hi
Does anyone know if anyone in the UK make wide fit custom cycling shoes. My Feet are 118mm/E4 wide. I can not find any shoes to fit that do not cause hot foot.

Thank you
LittleGreyCat
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Re: Very wide feet custom shoes

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icequake2000 wrote: 26 Aug 2021, 8:19pm Hi
Does anyone know if anyone in the UK make wide fit custom cycling shoes. My Feet are 118mm/E4 wide. I can not find any shoes to fit that do not cause hot foot.

Thank you
There is a place in the Peak District which makes cycling shoes to measure.
https://www.rufflander.co.uk/
I had a pair made but have neglected to wear them in because I seem to manage so well with my New Balance trainers.
Size 11, 4E width.
I use toe clips without straps.
Waterproof socks in the winter.
sukuinage
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Re: Very wide feet custom shoes

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Have you tried Sidi Mega? My feet aren't quite so wide but the right is 112mm width. I take 45 normally but have 46.5 in Sidi Mega and they are a loose fit on the width and good for all day riding. I was told the half sizes are a wider version of the respective full size.
axel_knutt
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Re: Very wide feet custom shoes

Post by axel_knutt »

What are you doing for cycling shoes at present, do you have a pair that are no longer available or have you just decided you need a pair?
LittleGreyCat wrote: 30 Aug 2021, 6:57pmI had a pair made but have neglected to wear them in because I seem to manage so well with my New Balance trainers.
This.
At 63, I've cycled in ordinary shoes all my life, and never felt the need for anything else. I once decided to try them just to see, but having spent more than a pair of shoes cost on postage to return shoes that didn't fit properly, I gave it up as a bad job. The rigid sole isn't necessary, and just makes them clumsy and awkward to walk in. It also exacerbates heel-lift, which is already more of a problem anyway if you can't find anything that fits.

The best cycling shoes I ever had were Stead & Simpsons' Hobos until they stopped making them. Wide enough for my feet, narrow enough to fit the pedals, more waterproof than trainers or many cycling shoes, less than half the price of cycling shoes, comfortable to walk in, and very hardwearing.
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