Anyone know where I can order odd sized shoes?

[Mushroomgodmat]

Here's my problem...I was born with a club foot, the foot in question (thanks to a wonderful surgeon) is visually and mechanically perfect...apart from one small problem....it's actualy 2.5 sizes smaller than my other foot.

My right foot is 9.5, my left/club foot is 7.

Currently I have size 9 Mtb shoes, this means there is a lot of air in my size 7 foot, and my size 9.5 foot often goes numb.

So I was wondering, are there any suppliers/makes that are happy to supply different size shoes, or will I have to resort to buying two sets of shoes?

Cheers all,

 

[Mark Grant]

One thing I wouldn't do is wait for Lidl or Aldi to do their cycle shoes then have a good look through them and accidentally buy a 'custom' pair.

 

[Gary E]

I imagine that the size 7 foot in a size 9 shoe feels a bit odd as the cleat plate would be in line with your toes? You'll certainly feel the benefit of 2 correctly set up shoes.

Just out of interest what do you do with non-cycling shoes?

I can't imagine a shop helping you out as it would leave them with 2 un-sellable shoes but it might be worth dropping a line directly to the manufacturer who probably don't make exactly the same amount of left and right shoes anyway (especially after quality control has whittled it down a bit).

Other than that and short of finding someone with the same problem (but it reverse) I'd say you're looking at buying 2 pairs of shoes.

 

[Gary E]

One thing I wouldn't do is wait for Lidl or Aldi to do their cycle shoes then have a good look through them and accidentally buy a 'custom' pair.

To be honest, at their prices, buying 2 pairs wouldn't be that bad. But as Mark said; I definitely wouldn't take the 2 that you didn't use back and claim they don't fit

 

[Zakalwe]

What sort of price level are you thinking of? Bont apparently will supply odd sizes for a £20 charge on top of their already pricey shoes but it might still work out cheaper to get to pairs from another manufacturer.

 

[DCLane]

Have you put "left cycle shoe" and "right cycle shoe" into a well-known auction site?

A US supplier seems to supply odd shoes. Now, a bit of legwork and you could match the missing one with a correctly-matched pair of your other size. Then, sell one shoe?

 

[uphillstruggler]

i would approach someone like madison directly as their warranty department may have all sorts lying around.