Reply To: First Pair of Shoes

Check how much they stretch.

I buy La Sportiva 1.5 sizes smaller (Oz standard) than is comfortably painful to bear for 10 minutes. They’re great after 3 months. I can’t do that super tight initial sizing in 5.10’s as they cause me to cramp. Shape is personal but I have the Miura, a lace up version of the Katana, and a pretty good all rounder plus the Mythos for gyms (I have my own gym in the attic, saves time and money). I’ve recently resoled and noticed that smear performance improved.

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