Hey everyone. I've gone through dozens of threads via search to find an answer to my specific question (which if you want to know, is pretty much at the end of the post, the rest is just filler. ) It was on here (I've been lurking around here for a couple months; I just registered 5 minutes ago) that I learned about Nashbar. I've ordered twice from there and it's a pretty decent online store. This is a short story about my most recent purchase....
So I had checked out their sizing charts meticulously, and printed out their little shoe-fit guide and this is what I did.
I measured my foot like it says and got a completely inaccurate size. I didn't order that size. I then tried sizing with my shoe, which is a Men's US9.5 Puma Alpine Runner(?) which registered a 44 on the chart. Nashbar's print-out chart said a US 9.5 is 44. The scaling was perfect. I decided to get the Exustar SR421 shoes in a 44. And that was after I had E-Mailed them to ask which size to go with and letting them know the instructions on Nashbar's printout thing were sketchy. (*Keep in mind that I have Puma RepliCat II shoes in a US10 which register as a 48 on Nashbar's printout.*)
Aside: I had ordered the Nashbar Special Road Pedal with them. There's no use in getting clipless shoes without pedals now, is there? This was the day last week, Wednesday or Thursday possibly, where there was 25% off all shoes.
So they come in today. I try them on. And...
They seem a bit long. I put the clips on to get the positioning and the shoes feel like they fit fine after I adjust the straps (wearing my regular socks which are a little bit thick), but there's about 3/4 of an inch of space at the front of the shoe.
Then I find this...
This is the Exustar website's chart which I have just found today. As you can see, a US9.5 shows up as a 43 and US10 is in the middle of 43 and 44!
I was confused when I read the Exustar box and it said US10.5. So now what do I do?
Should I call up Nashbar and ask for an exchange for a 43? OR.. Keep the 44's? Does the space in the front matter\will it affect my pedalling? The shoes are comfortable at the arch (I think, I don't know my foot vocab too well. Like where the first 2 straps are.)
So I had checked out their sizing charts meticulously, and printed out their little shoe-fit guide and this is what I did.
I measured my foot like it says and got a completely inaccurate size. I didn't order that size. I then tried sizing with my shoe, which is a Men's US9.5 Puma Alpine Runner(?) which registered a 44 on the chart. Nashbar's print-out chart said a US 9.5 is 44. The scaling was perfect. I decided to get the Exustar SR421 shoes in a 44. And that was after I had E-Mailed them to ask which size to go with and letting them know the instructions on Nashbar's printout thing were sketchy. (*Keep in mind that I have Puma RepliCat II shoes in a US10 which register as a 48 on Nashbar's printout.*)
Aside: I had ordered the Nashbar Special Road Pedal with them. There's no use in getting clipless shoes without pedals now, is there? This was the day last week, Wednesday or Thursday possibly, where there was 25% off all shoes.
So they come in today. I try them on. And...
They seem a bit long. I put the clips on to get the positioning and the shoes feel like they fit fine after I adjust the straps (wearing my regular socks which are a little bit thick), but there's about 3/4 of an inch of space at the front of the shoe.
Then I find this...
This is the Exustar website's chart which I have just found today. As you can see, a US9.5 shows up as a 43 and US10 is in the middle of 43 and 44!
I was confused when I read the Exustar box and it said US10.5. So now what do I do?
Should I call up Nashbar and ask for an exchange for a 43? OR.. Keep the 44's? Does the space in the front matter\will it affect my pedalling? The shoes are comfortable at the arch (I think, I don't know my foot vocab too well. Like where the first 2 straps are.)