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5.2.2016

Just a heads up that, as other reviewers say, these 1976 shoes run small. For me a whole US size small. Glad I read the reviews first and ordered my usually street shoe size in these and they fit perfectly. I wear a US 9.5 in a roomy street shoe, and usually order an 8.5 or 9 in a cycling shoe to get a snug fit without much play but still ok for limited walking. After reading reviews I ordered a US 9.5 which turned out to be labeled a Euro 43.5. This 9.5 SPD Vittoria fits perfectly for me--exactly like an 8.5 snug fit. My feet aren't very narrow but I'm used to a narrow Italian cycling shoe fit--for Americans that prefer a more typical wide fit, don't go as small. This shoe box arrived labelled: "43.5,US 10.3/4, UK 9.3/4" so the Vittoria factory is knowingly sizing them this way (check most size charts and you'll see a 43.5 typically matches a US9.5, uk 8.5). Vittoria may do this on purpose for to get the snug cycling shoe fit I mention above, but if they do it's more recent; my vintage 80s Vittoria cycling shoes are 42 for the same fit.So as long as you get the right size for you, these cycling shoes won't disappoint, assuming you want a classic cycling shoe look and profile in a walkable SPD shoe. As someone with a closet full of vintage slot-cleat Dettos, Vittorias, Duigis, Sidis, Maresis, Patricks, Adidas, and several others, I was looking for that cycling shoe shape and look from the past and these Vittorias nail it. These days I'm tired of skating around on cleats (whether slot cleats or Looks) and wanted a walkable shoe for in and out of shops on rides, or in and out of tourist sites while on tour. These Vittorias also have a nice thin walkable sole that still provides good depth for the cleat. There is nothing about these that looks like a mountain bike SPD--no big lugs on the sole, no loud graphics. These look just like a vintage Vittoria (although 7 oz heavier per pair compared to my vintage slot cleat Victorias, same size).The Lorica synthetic leather is not anything like the luxurious leather you get with a Dromarti, but neither were vintage cycling shoes which had serviceable but not super high quality leather (wood soled Duigis and a few other excepted). The Lorica on these Vittorias feels about as good as the average leather on my vintage Vittorias. Real leather may wear better over time--my vintage Vittorias with middling leather still look good but Lorica sometimes looks faded and scraped up after only a few seasons. Time will tell but I'm fine to have a perfect fit and look with synthetic leather.For those who may miss the great Sidi touring shoe from the 80s that go for so much now on Ebay when you can find one in a decent size, these Vittorias are the perfect replacement. They come with a grippy sole insert you can bolt in place if you don't use an SPD cleat, and they feel and work just like the Sidi touring shoe. This is the shoe to replace the long gone Carnac touring shoe as well. (The Lorica is as good or better than the odd leather--real or synth?--of the Carnac and Sidi touring).For those who worry about pulling up when only held in by laces, and feel they may need the security of multiple velcro and buckle straps, consider that for adjustability to foot shape, laces are far superior and those multiple straps are only approximating the variable comfort and fit you get with laces. Sometimes old tech is the best tech.As far as pulling up on the shoes against the laces--remember that proper pedaling form means that when you pull up on the back end of your pedal stroke your heel is up and you're really pulling BACK on the shoe not UP on the shoe. Using the easiest most proper spin form you never pull up on the laces in normal pedaling. Pulling back however is important, especially though the bottom of the pedal stroke (but on the upstroke too if you're really hammering) and when you pull back the force is on the cleat and the heel cup, NOT the laces. This minimal Vittoria heel cup is nicely shaped to contain that force--much better shaped to hold your heel in and absorb the force than vintage cycling shoes which usually had no heel cup at all.The only time you'd pull up against the laces is if you are doing a low rpm grind climbing stroke, usually because you got caught in the wrong gear. This can happen fairly often in off-road riding crux moves--even then I think laces are enough for the odd moment here and there. But in road cycling, I wouldn't want to carry around superfluous straps and micro-adjusting buckles just for the time or two you might want to pull up against the laces. As I said, that expensive Sidi Micro-adjust buckle is just trying to approximate the excellent micro-adjust you get with laces. It the logic is that whatever the pros use must be important for any performance or spirited riding. That logic is as flawed as its every been, and every pro would tell you that on any moment when he's not being paid to promote the high tech shoes he's paid to wear. The ONE advantage I can see to the micro-adjust buckle is the ability to adjust it during the ride. This can be useful if you don't put a foot down for hours at a time like pros, but my days of that kind of riding a long gone, and very few cyclists ride that way anyway. Even for racing and fast intense group riding, I challenge any rider to show that he/she can't get the performance, and comfort, and pull-back with laces they get with multi-strap tech shoes. I was there too and know that most of these equipment choices for non-pros are based on conforming with, and keeping up with, the tech choices of your riding partners. If anyone is aghast at your laces, tell them it's a super-light shoe closure and you're not willing to cart around all the weight of straps, velcro, and buckles.