Cycling shoes for wider feet

[Offthegrid]

Been thinking about this for a while, and I gotta get new shoes. I just didn't want to admit it. My feet fall asleep on rides so painfully that it's making me stop before I'm ready. Pain was so bad I let out a little yelp when I took off my shoes after my last ride.

Any gals here with wider feet? What road cycling shoes do you use? I wear normal width in running shoes (size equivalent of a 42), but I think my cycling shoes are a 43 and they're so cramped in the toes. I don't even think you can *find* women-specific cycling shoes larger than a 43 (although if they were wider than the ones I have now, they might fit).

[pyxichick]

I have wide feet, too

I bought Specialized shoes, after trying on multiple pairs of way more expensive brands, I figured I'd go with what felt comfortable. I'm not sure of the model, but mine have a sort of mesh upper, so I think that helps it expand out to fit my width.

But my feet fall asleep, too, so maybe the problem isn't with the width, but something else?

Anyway, good luck finding a perfect fit!

Kate

[KnottedYet]

I wear men's Specialized Taho mtb shoes, with metatarsal pads glued to my "Superfeet" style insoles to keep the pressure off the nerves in the front of my feet. Looooove my shoes! I have narrow heels and need a wide toebox.

[Geonz]

I don't have cycling shoes but for all my athletic shoes I just go

MENS MENS MENS

I'm a perfect size 8 ... in men's shoes. (Or a 41 or 42, I forget.) (My poor brothers don't have a wider gender to go to... so it's hunting around for those EEE widths...) I'm very glad my feet aren't a little smaller, 'cause a lot of shoes don't come in smaller than 8's. I think "women's specific" in shoes prob'ly means... narrower.

When I got running shoes I was told about which brands of women's shoes would run wider - and maybe some of the same companies also make bike shoes, too. (I don't remember what they were 'cause I figured I'd do what I knew worked.)

Gonna go hit LandsEnd for shoes that *aren't* mesh - it's wintertime, after all!

[bike4ever]

Pearl Izumi's shoes have a wider/fuller toe box with a narrow heal. Try the Vagabond Road.

Real wide feet go with Sidi Mega Wide!!! I have a pair of the Dominators in a size 40 (the smallest Mega wide size they make). The road version is the Genius.

[Crankin]

Sidis DO come in Mega sizes less than 40 because I have 38s in a Mega. Maybe this has changed since I bought my shoes 3 years ago, but usually i wear 36 or 37s. The Sidi mountain shoes I originally had were causing my feet to swell and go numb, so I bought the Road version of the Dominators in a 38 mega when i got new pedals. They are perfect and I can wear Woolie Bully socks with them with no problems.