Shimano shoe sizing.. help!

[petemaz]

Can anyone help please... I'm eyeing up some shimano spd shoes on chain reaction and they give a size chart where a euro 45 is equivalent to a UK size 9.5. I've got some Inov8 shoes that fit me like a glove and are size 45 but they show UK equivalent is a 10.5.
Am I missing something.... a whole shoe size difference or is CRC site wrong? ?

[FLV]

Can anyone help please... I'm eyeing up some shimano spd shoes on chain reaction and they give a size chart where a euro 45 is equivalent to a UK size 9.5. I've got some Inov8 shoes that fit me like a glove and are size 45 but they show UK equivalent is a 10.5.
Am I missing something.... a whole shoe size difference or is CRC site wrong? ?

CRC site is wrong.

My shimano shoes have all been bought by Euro sizing and are all ok for me so far.

[jam bo]

shimano road shoes are quite narrow.

mtb shoes don't seem as narrow.

[petemaz]

Thanks for the responses folks

[mjsmart]

I take a UK 9.5 in pretty much all my normal shoes. I had to size up to a 45 for Shimano MTB shoes so I'd say the CRC guide was spot on.

For reference I also have a pair of Inov-8 X-Talons (standard fit) in a UK 10/44.5 which are probably a little too snug.

[Chicken Legs]

I order the two most likely sizes and send the size I don't want back.

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[petemaz]

I order the two most likely sizes and send the size I don't won't back.

A

Thanks. ..this looks like my best option as they appear to offer free returns.

[fatbikephil]

My normal boot size is 45, my mt91's are size 47 and my summer mt35's are 46. I do have wideish feet however.

[Justchris]

I usually take a UK 10.5. Which equates to a euro size of 45- 46 depending on width. But for shimano it's a 47.

[padonbike]

Sorry to add to the confusion ... but my intentions are good. I always take size 43 in proper Italian cycling shoes and I find that that is what I take in Shimano too. I have a pair of Shimano in 44 that I deliberately bought larger for fitting sealskinz underneath and these are fine for that.
So for me Shimano size is exactly the same when using socks of equal thickness.