Originally Posted by VT to CA

Hung up the trusty Zeta Carbons (I hate ratchets) when I recieved a gift certificate to a local shop and decided to pull the trigger on some Shimano R151's they had on sale.

The guy measured my foot, told me that Shimano's ran big, and said I'd need some 43's, which I thought was odd since my foot is a 10.5 US.

Anyway, they didn't have a 43 in that store, but had it in their Pasadena (like 20 miles away) location, so they did a store exchange and I picked them up the next day.

I got there right at closing time, so I didn't even get to try them on- the guy basically handed them to me as he was locking the doors.

Got them home, and I'm swimming in them! Again, I'm a 10.5 US, and these are supposedly Euro 43's, or US 9's. In fact, these are easily US 11.5's...

I know that shoe size interpretations vary slightly by company- in the cycling world and in the regular shoe world. Some shoes by half a size, a few makers by even a full size. But this is ridiculous.

A 43 should never run two and half sizes big. That's ********, and smacks to me of poor quality control rather than a fussy sizing chart...