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Someone touched on it briefly, but Lorica and similar synthetics used in a lot of modern cycling shoes simply doesn't stretch. That's part of the appeal, so riding in the rain doesn't ruin them. However, they either don't move at all, or you damage the stretched spot so it develops a crack later, or it stretches out a bit and shrinks back down. I've mostly found the first case, a couple times (says something about my intelligence that I had to learn this one twice after it not working already a few times) it cracked, and I've yet to be happy with the result. If it does stretches, it's very localized so you have a little bump rather than a good even stretch like you get with leather. I think you'll ruin the shoes. Your call, of course.
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