Big Cycling shoes

Brian said:

Well, I'm going into Edinburgh to see if I can find a pair of size 48
cycling shoes.

Not too confident, so I'm probably going to end up getting a set of
toeclips and just use my old trainers...

Wiggle seem to have quite a few cycling shoes in that size in
stock.. what kind of shoe exactly are you after?

Brian said:

Well, I'm going into Edinburgh to see if I can find a pair of size 48
cycling shoes.

Not too confident, so I'm probably going to end up getting a set of
toeclips and just use my old trainers...

Since I don't use specialist cycling shoes, I don't
have this particular problem. But I do struggle
to get overshoes that fit "over" size 10 trainers.

Do *all* cyclists have tiny ankles? The manufacturers
seem to think so.

BugBear

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Quoted message said:

Well, I'm going into Edinburgh to see if I can find a pair of size 48
cycling shoes.

Not too confident, so I'm probably going to end up getting a set of
toeclips and just use my old trainers...

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Brian

A word of warning - from my experience with both Shimano and Specialized
brand shoes you will need one, possibly two, sizes bigger than you take in
ordinary shoes - I take a 45 normally but my Shimanos are 47 and a snug fit.

RG

Brian said:

Well, I'm going into Edinburgh to see if I can find a pair of size 48
cycling shoes.

Not too confident, so I'm probably going to end up getting a set of
toeclips and just use my old trainers...

Just back from a trip into Edinburgh Bicycles.

Very surprised to see that they had quite a few size 48s in stock.

Tried on a pair of Shimano MO21s in size 48 - very tight widthwise and
lengthwise.

Then tried on a pair of Specialized Taho ATB in size 48. Perfect fit as I
rtried them on in the shop with thick hiking socks (planning ahead for the
colder weather)

They are a more snug fit than my trainers / soft hiking boots, but they
are not uncomfortably so - I'm more used to wearing big soft hiking boots.

I have them on at the moment, left foot with a thin pair of socks and a
sealskinz sock, right foot just a thin pair of cotton socks. Left foot
feeling a bit tight.

However, they seem a good fit, and were not too bad at 54.95 UKP
They also don't look too garish either:

http://www.specialized.com/OA_MEDIA/equip/05ShoeTaho_l.jpg

The proof of the pudding will be when I wear them on my next cycle ride
(still using non clipless pedals without toeclips), but I'm pretty sure
they should be OK.

LOL, I ended up spending 140UKP in Edinburgh bicycles by the time I also
bought a pair of Endura Winter Cruiser Longs, Minoura Space grip (to
reduce my handlebar clutter!), Lizard skins fork boot (to try and keep the
cack out of my suspension forks), a Cateye EL200 LED, and a pair of
specialized inner tubes.

'tis only money! :-D

Main thing is I have now got a pair of cycling shoes, so I may change over
to spds soon.

--
Brian