Bummer
They’re weird and not for everyone I guess.
Needed new MTB shoes, found these Ride Concepts jawns for cheap, set my BIL loose on them with a grip of Sharpies.
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FWIW I’ve done long, multi-day bikepacking trips through Idaho with a pair of Lems Trailheads, no problem. Stiff enough and comfortable enough for 6+ hours of riding and a little hiking.
I’ve also got a pair of Altras that I never wear because they fit so weird.
i love my lems so far. i got the more casual version i think but they feel great, so walking and flat pedals so well, but i think i’m gonna wear them out from walking on sidewalks by like 16 months at best
might not stop me from buying them again
The use of insoles made of polypropylene with aluminum in the metatarsal head areas and the hallux versus standard EVA and polypropylene insoles decreases the maximum plantar pressure in sport cycling. In addition, the reduction in the maximum forefoot pressure may help to decrease any overload-related issues that could affect cyclists’ bones, muscles, ligaments, or soft tissue. As a final point, wearing harder insoles when cycling reduces plantar pressure and increases QoL and cycling performance.
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Sidis with custom shoe covers?
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Lmao great work
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on the basketball courts of the high school in Fougères
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Does anyone with size 12 feet like the clearance adidas SPD shoes? I’m throwing in the towel
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Sup
Which ones
The ones I hate
(I’ll text you a picture later)
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Okay so the issue seems to be that my feet have spread a lot, which makes sense because I’ve largely moved to “barefoot” shoes this year.
Traditionally I have very narrow feet so this is a new world for me. Who makes a wide toe box spd shoe? @halbritt i think I remember you were also wearing the same merrell gloves as me?
Check out Lake - they are normally fairly wide and also come in a wider fit too.
Their website has actual dimensions as well
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Lake and Bont are the usual wide-foot recommendations, I think both make wider versions as well. Specialized made a big marketing deal about how they’re going wider on their new road shoes too, so maybe that’ll trickle down into their other models 
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I’m looking for the same thing. Currently wearing a Shimano RX800, which is not giving me all of it. To be clear, I think what’s needed here is a wider toe box, not wider shoes. I accidentally ordered a “wide” version of the Shimano RX800 and returned them because they were too wide in the midfoot.
I’ve had a web page open on my desktop the past couple weeks with a list of Bont dealers near me. I intend to go try on some and see if they don’t squish my toes.
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Quoc seems to be designing bigger toes boxes into their shoes but I haven’t heard anything first hand about their fit.
There’s also https://lore.cc/ that’s getting closer to actually delivering
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Oh that’s good. The last pair of wide Specialized shoes I tried were much narrower than the regular Lake competition last and narrower than the normal Specialized shoes I already had. I pretty much wrote them off entirely after that.
@spaghetti what shoes (and size) are you using now?
I retired my old Pearl Izumis that once fit well and went through chrome, Shimano and adidas, before putting the gross old PIs on for my commute today where it all suddenly clicked
@halbritt you’re right about clarifying toe box v overall wide
What size? I have a couple of pairs of Lakes (SPD), the exact size of which I can check this evening, that could use a new home.