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Old 04-21-20, 01:42 AM
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tangerineowl
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Originally Posted by gif4445
My longest foot is 275 mm. Adding the 5 mm that Lake suggests, gets me to 280. I also measured my custom inserts and they are 290 mm. First time I ever measured them. No wonder I struggle to get them in a shoe and might trim them a little. I have high arches and did suffer from Plantar fasciitis, thus the custom insoles. Good question on the heel. Haven't measured them, but they are relatively narrow compared to the width of the widest area of my foot.
Was asking; thinking also about Specialized options.

I'm 270mm length, with 111/113 width, but flatter feet and pretty narrow heel.
43cm in the old S-Works mtb 6 fits me very well after a little breaking in. Couple of mm or so gap at the front.

Ignoring $$$ for the moment the Specialized Recon 3 in a 43.5 or 44? might work as the heel in that model tends to suit a wider range.
In addition there is more height in the toebox (and subsequently along the length of the shoe?) than the 6.

I mainly thought of it as an option as the carbon sole has their stiffness rating of 10, but the big plus is there is built in flex forward of the cleat (helps when walking around a bit).
The Recon 2 only has their stiffness rating of 6.0.
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