tylerwal wrote:
carlosflanders wrote:
Just as another point of view - I have long narrow feet. Most shoes are too wide for me. I wear 45.5 Sidis in the medium width and 46 sidis in narrow. Shimano and Bont 45s fit reasonably well also. I bought 45.5 Empire ACCs and they are too spacious. Would need to wear a second set of inserts and thick socks. I just ordered a pair in 44.5 and expect them to fit better.
Strange, I ordered the 44.5 which is what I always wear and was my proper fit according to the Giro fit chart, and they were extremely too tight. Sent them back and I have a pair of 45's and 45.5's on the way to see which one fits better.
fwiw, My 44.5 Empire ACCs came in. The left foot is a perfect fit, right foot is a little longerr and the big toe is hitting th etoe box - although there is plenty of room laterally. I intend to play around with inserts a bit and may take a hammer to the reinforced section of the toe box to create a little bit of extra room for my big toe. 45 would probably be a good fit but I can make the 44.5s fit.
I intend to use these for TTs - so unlikely to spend more than an hour in them.
In line with most sizing charts - the sidis tend to run about half a size larger than the empire ACCs. Don't know if the empire SLXs fit identically or not. The empire ACCs seem to be identical to Shimano or Bont sizing.
I have long narrow feet. Front of foot is very low volume (long toes). Arch area and midfoot is normal. So my fit is always a bit weird.