If you've got wide feet I'd defo say Lake.
I got some last year and finally after years I've got a really comfy road shoe.
Plenty stiff enough carbon sole for my (limited) power.

Now that racing seems like it is on the horizon I was wondering what the current smart money is on for shoes to race in. Is the custom job on Giro's still the best option?


Cycling shoes are all about the fit - If the Giro fit (narrow with a small toe box) is great for your feet, then that's great. They are not for everyone.

The customization I think you are talking about is with the Giro Empire* lace-up shoes - removing the laces and possibly even the tongue and fashioning some form of elasticized fit over the top of the foot - to be able to get in out easily and also hold your foot in place. Cody Beals had the best one of these customized Giro Empires that I have seen - but he's since moved on to Shimano shoes as I seem to recall.

The Giro Empire's are the shoes that I have been riding for road riding for a number of years now. They check a number of boxes for me - they fit me well. They are super light. I can use the laces to dial in the fit across the top of my foot. They clean up nicely when you get them a bit dirty (I ride white shoes always!).

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If you can wait a few months, we are getting really close!

This month we have all the tooling to make sizes 43-44.5. If the shoes we make from that then out well, 8-10 weeks later we'll be in production for all sizes.

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From an aero perspective, the modified Empires (or something similar, I use LG LA84 laceups...which are very similar).



For long course, lots of athletes opt for a comfy road shoe, and the Sphires seem to be a popular choice. Less aero though.

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I am literally awaiting the courier van to deliver my s-phyres in the next few minutes according to tracking. Replacing the S-works.

Aero did not come into my considerations in the slightest. For road riding, then I'd have covers on, for long course (which is all I focus on) then being comfortable in the last 20km is the only thing I need from shoes. Well that and not pressing on my achilles leaving me hobbling for over a year. I was hoping that last 'requirement' should have been a given. For reference I'm a 5h15 rider on an aero brick of a bike.

I've ridden for over an hour literally howling out loud in pain every revolution of the pedals at the end of a training ride with hotfoot when an insole had lost its support. Never want to go through that again.

Something without big bulky straps and that is NOT going to disrupt the airflow. As others have already posted, and you alluded my old Giro hack might be the cheapest and easiest option to achieve this.

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