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Old 01-28-2024, 02:48 PM
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Need more toe room

I ordered and received the Shimano SH-RX801 shoes. These are seriously nice, well made and light. However, they squish my toes. Who makes a mountain/gravel type shoe with more toe room? I don't need more overall volume, just wider in the toe box.

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Old 01-28-2024, 02:50 PM
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Lake.. great thread on them today and yesterday.. do a quick scan of the first page or two of general discussion..
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Old 01-28-2024, 03:14 PM
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I heard the 8 series are more narrow than the 9 and 7.
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Old 01-28-2024, 03:23 PM
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I think the issue, as I've read, with Shimano is even their wides don't vary the footbed.. they only increase the upper width.. so your foot could feel like it's "hanging over the side" of the footbed..
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Old 01-28-2024, 04:01 PM
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Idk if this is true, or just my perception, but my old specialized shoes felt like they had way more toe room than my Giros or NW. It was my least favorite thing about them actually. Might be worth trying
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Old 01-28-2024, 04:37 PM
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Custom Luck.

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Old 01-28-2024, 06:57 PM
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The s-works recon is pretty toe-wide 2.5mm or something wider than last gen. I got wides and was floating around a bit combined with their slightly longer last.
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Old 01-29-2024, 12:45 AM
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Seriously, disregard the light and well made parameters.
Unfortunately this is very similar to saddle advice.
And take it this from experience, you’re foot does change it’s print with time.
Futz with it till you get it , but that may change as well.
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Old 01-29-2024, 05:17 AM
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Bont has good width in toe area, with normal overall volume. They are actually shaped like a human foot (there's a novel idea). I wear same size in both shimano and Bont. Avoid Fizik, unless they've redesigned their shoes over the last couple years.
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Old 02-17-2024, 04:47 PM
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Seriously, disregard the light and well made parameters.
Unfortunately this is very similar to saddle advice.
And take it this from experience, you’re foot does change it’s print with time.
Futz with it till you get it , but that may change as well.
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Sure does. I have found this very cheap shoe stretch device works wonders to adapt cycling shoes that are almost-but-not-quite:

https://www.amazon.com.au/KevenAnna-...fbe772630&th=1

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Old 02-17-2024, 06:28 PM
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Everyone's feet are different, but Lake wides were not wide in the toe. They were voluminous, but the taper of the toe box still meant my pinkie toe was squished.

I ended up with with wide Specialized Recons for more toe room. I believe only the Recon 2.0 and S-Works offer a wide variant.
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Old 02-17-2024, 09:14 PM
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Great toe box width with normal proportions through the mid foot and heel.

I have to wear wide toe box shoes cause Vans and Chuck Taylor’s ruined my feet through my 20s-30s. Altras for sneakers/hikers and UDogs for riding.
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Old 02-17-2024, 09:37 PM
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Bont in Wide works really well for me
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Old 02-18-2024, 07:52 AM
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I have a set of Shimano gravel shoes in wide that I sized up half a size or so. They work ok for my wide feet but I haven't ridden with them for more than 4-5hrs at a time.

I have wide forefeet with a small Taylor's bunion and have tried different combos of 'wide' model shoes, footbeds, etc and the low to zero drop style shoes with a wide toe box has been the single best solution.

Why can't a bike shoe company catch up with the times like running and trail shoes and start offering actual footshape (e.g., wide toe box) performance shoes, rather than just a wide model (e.g., wide at the ankles but still pointy toe shape).
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Old 02-06-2024, 03:11 PM
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I heard the 8 series are more narrow than the 9 and 7.
Yeah the one I got were more narrow.
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