Who makes narrow shoes?

[Dr Luxurious]

I need some new MTB / CX shoes but need narrow...

[TunaAndBikes]

I have narrow feet too!
I'm very happy with my Giro VR90. Ive tried the privateer lace and they were fine as well but they only had red which isn't my jazz really.
Couldn't try some Fizik in my size, but have heard that (most) italian brands are narrower than most.
Shimano and Bontrager: I would bring both flanges of the shoe to a touch and still have wiggle room so those didn't work out

[Polyglot]

I too have narrow feet and have been successful using a pair of Northwave shoes that are a size smaller than what I would normally use. They have a very tall toe box and good heel lock. Worth a try.

[prototoast]

I have wide feet, so I know to stay far away from Sidi and Fizik. You should try those.

[Dr Luxurious]

Sidi and Northwave have been hit/miss over the years.
I think it depends on where they're actually manufactured.

I have Mavic now. I'd like to get more but they're hard to find right now.

[azrider]

Mavic makes the narrowest shoe I've ever worn.

[Alan]

I have A width feet so same issue. Most recently I have been wearing Specialized shoes as a few models are in narrow. In my Specialized shoes I am using the Retul custom insoles which are great and add a lot of volume as they have a significant arch.

Lately I have been looking at having a second pair of shoes and my comments are below:

Sidi - They don't make narrow shoes any longer. I called the US dist and confirmed. Their standard width is C/D. I used to ride only Sidi when they had narrow shoes that were labeled "S". They have not made these for over 2 years

Specialized - worth trying their narrow shoes and their insoles are decent for stock

Have not tried yet but thinking of trying -

Lake - they appear to have some shoes that run fairly narrow and have decent sizing info on their web site
Luck - they clearly can make custom shoes that run narrow and they are quite reasonable. There is a thread here about Lucks and people are happy.
Giro - have not tried but would like to try as they seem to run narrow but not sure how narrow

Competitive Cyclist does categorize shoes as narrow but it may take call to them to narrow down some possibilities.

It is hard enough to try shoes in good times but now with Covid this is a bigger problem as some shops are just not letting you try on shoes and you can't find them anyway.

I find that insoles make a huge difference in fit. Step one is to find insoles that work for you and then move to trying shoes.

Alan

[soulspinner]

Originally Posted by Dr Luxurious

Sidi and Northwave have been hit/miss over the years.
I think it depends on where they're actually manufactured.

I have Mavic now. I'd like to get more but they're hard to find right now.

Sidis have certainly changed Could not even get my foo into new 43s and my old ones were 43s. That being said, my 44s have room for my orthotcs so it worked out. Still have the nib 43s.

[jpw]

Most of them tend to be narrow to narrowish. Finding wider cycling shoes is the harder thing to do. Italian brands tend to be narrow.

[weiwentg]

Originally Posted by jpw

Most of them tend to be narrow to narrowish. Finding wider cycling shoes is the harder thing to do. Italian brands tend to be narrow.

Italian brands and Giro, which is American but with an Italian-inspired name.

James Huang at Cyclingtips characterized the Bontrager Ballista Knit as fairly narrow. I'm not sure if that carries over to all Bontragers. Also, James has slightly unusual feet.

I should mention, often the women's version of a shoe is built on a narrower last. For example, Shimano says that their women's version of the Dynalast has 5% less circumference around the midfood than the regular Dynalast (and the wide Dynalast has 6% more). I think I've seen literature confirming that the women's lasts are narrower for at least Giro and Sidi. So, if the women's colors are sufficiently neutral, some riders might be willing to consider a women's version of a shoe if they need a narrow fit. I mean, the Giro E70 is available in a very nice berry and a grey/blue highlights scheme, but only for the women's version. I'd totally get the berry version if the regular E70 weren't already on the narrow side of what I can wear.

[voir dire]

Northwave used to be known for being narrow, maybe the most narrow, but I do not know if that is still the case these days.

[weiwentg]

Originally Posted by Alan

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Lake - they appear to have some shoes that run fairly narrow and have decent sizing info on their web site
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Lake also uses 3 different lasts. The race lasts fit pretty narrow as a whole, so perhaps one of those shoes might do it for you! Those would be the premium shoes, though.

[RoosterCogset]

Originally Posted by Dr Luxurious

Sidi and Northwave have been hit/miss over the years.
I think it depends on where they're actually manufactured.

I have Mavic now. I'd like to get more but they're hard to find right now.

Originally Posted by azrider

Mavic makes the narrowest shoe I've ever worn.

Mavic is narrow, I find similarly sized, but a teensy bit narrower than giro.
FYI, I've had success with All4Cycling.com in the past with Mavic but not sure how they are these days with stock.

[KJMUNC]

+1 on Mavic being narrow and same for Luck.

Luck's standard is just as narrow as Mavic and their custom sizing gives a ton of different options. they have good sizing info on their website to compare, plus they have a bunch of models on close-out (although they're a bit slow in shipping given the pandemic) so you can try out some of their top models for <$100.

[Dr Luxurious]

I've not heard of Luck until now.

Any good?

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