Salomon

Supercross Trail Running Shoe - Men's

Totally wrong size

Familiarity:

I've used it several times

Size Bought:

13

Weight:

250

This is a beautifully made shoe. It's quality materials are well put together in a rather pleasing form. It's grippy as hell ?°it's genuinely difficult to slide in them. The lugs get rid of dirt quickly, and they're comfortable on the road, too. But: I know shoe sizing quite well across many brands because I have wide feet, and I ask a lot of my shoes. I know that I'll need a 12.5 or 13, and if I'm in doubt, I'll go 13 to get that extra width, and deal with a little extra room in the toes ? and some brands the 12 would be too short anyway. Salomon's Supercross' were touted as a wide-fitting shoe everywhere I could find, but I went with the 13 just to be sure. It's just totally wrong. It's snug, _almost_ too tight across the midsole. I can feel it pinch then ache after a couple miles. So, it's not a wide- fit at all. It fits about as well as a normal 12 ? a size smaller. But, it's way, way too long. I've got well over 2cm (maybe 3!) of room between my toes and the end. So, it catches, and I'm forever kicking things and tripping. Now, I've developed bad blisters on my heel, from all this slop, and tightening the (rather cool, actually) laceless system down tighter just reminds me of how narrow it is in the middle. It's really bad, and I don't understand how this isn't the first thing in all the reviews: "Hey, these will only fit your feet if you order a size down; and have very, very narrow feet." The very reason I bought these was because they're said to be wide. Maybe everyone meant wide, when standing sideways? As in , what most people mean by, you know: "long?"