Wide vs high-volume
There’s a big difference between wide, as Lake and Bont do, and ‘extra volume’ as virtually every other brand is doing.
Bont and Lake are both creating shoes that embrace forefoot width and expansion, while leaving the rest of the shoe alone. This requires them to make different shoes than the standard versions, which is not cost effective for them, but is a benefit to riders.
Contrarily, most companies take the extra volume route because it allows them to add material to the upper without creating a new lower — this is simply a cost equation. They claim that allowing riders to ‘spill over’ the edge is a solution.
The question is, are you in need of wide shoes or high-volume shoes?
What I’m encouraging is the forefoot has room to spread under load. The rest is up to you to determine, depending on how your instep and heel are shaped.
If the brand you’re looking at gives you instructions with its sizing chart on how to measure the length and width of your foot (and bases your best size on those metrics), you’re looking at a brand that has genuine interest in your foot shape. To my knowledge, only Lake and Bont have made this effort for sizing purposes.
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