PoorInRichfield

TL;DR

Anyone have the relatively new Bont Motion shoes to provide a review of them?

As a person with a wide foot across the toes, but not "high volume" feet, cycling shoes always leave my toes all crammed together and I hate it. Even my wide Lake shoes are too pointy in the toe area and push my big and small toes inward which is not natural for my feet. Along those lines, I've tried Bont shoes in the past as they are the only cycling shoes I've seen that have a slightly less pointy toe area, but I've found my feet do not like the carbon "bathtub" sole that Bont uses on all their shoes until recently when they introduced the new "Motion" shoe. This new entry-level shoe doesn't appear to use the "bathtub" sole and the toe box appears to not be pointy. While I'm not keen on the Bont Motion shoes being a bit heavier and not having a BOA dial, if they make my toes happy (and my wallet), I'm willing to make the trade-off!

Motion Cycling Shoes | Shop Bont Cycling

MidTNBrad

I just went through the same exercise, only with Lakes. My foot is slightly narrower than average but I need a wider toe box. I took advantage of a Competitive Cyclist sale before Christmas and snagged a pair of the Lake CX238s. I wanted them to work but I had to return them. Too wide in the mid-foot, my heel slipped and, like you're seeing, tight and pointy in the toe box leaving my toes uncomfortably crammed together.

I decided that shoes are too important to try the roulette wheel of online-order so I went to my LBS and tried on several pairs. The Specialized Torch 3.0 fit the bill exactly. My foot fits snugly, no slipping in the heel and best of all no pressure on my toes. The only downside is that the BOA dials are a little finicky. They don't have the quick release option so you have to manually unwind each dial to get out of the shoe.

For reference I wear a size 13 sneaker and bought a 48 in the Specialized -- the same size as my old Shimanos.

Good luck!

PoorInRichfield

I actually have the Specialized Torch 2.0 in wide as my road shoes. For reasons I don't understand, the 2.0 came in wide and 3.0 didn't. In either case, the 2.0's aren't exactly wide in the toe box area but are tolerable. They're really nice shoes, just not shaped like my feet.

In the following diagram, my foot shape would definitely fit the "tapered" shape on the left (1). It would seem that most cycling shoes are designed for a (3) foot shape that are longest in the middle. As a result, my big and small toes are pushed inward which is uncomfortable.

chaadster

The new UDog Tensione appears to be a less pointy design as well, which they describe as having a “generous toebox.”



UDog Tensione shoe

https://udog.cc/products/tensione-artic-white

VegasJen

Can't really add much to the bike shoe discussion, but the thread caught my attention. I have had Bont skates for the last 3-4 years. Never knew they offered cycling shoes.