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the shizzle => equipment => Topic started by: stefObb on April 18, 2011, 11:03:47 am
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Hello to all!
I've recently started browsing around this board, finding quite a few interesting and helpful topics. Now I need your help ;D
So I see around here that most members are 5.10 users... At the moment my main shoes are La Sportiva Miura (lace-up). I LOVE THEM, but I want something more aggressive for bouldering. Having heard and read so many good reviews about the 5.10 Dragon shoes, I've decided I want to buy a pair. The only problem is that there aren't any stores around my area (I live at the moment in Zagreb, Croatia, but I go back home to Spain often) which carry five ten shoes, so I would have to order them online probably.
So here's the question: with the following numbers given, what size should I order the 5.10 Dragon?
·Street shoe size - 42.5/43 (UK 8/8.5)
·La Sportiva Miura size - 39.5 (UK 6/6.5)
Thanks for the help!!
Cheers :beer2:a
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Hello stefObb
This may be of some help: http://info.rockrun.com/articles/rock-shoe-sizing-guide.html (http://info.rockrun.com/articles/rock-shoe-sizing-guide.html) although I wouldn't rely on just this.
I am an 8 (42) in street shoes, size 7 in anasazi velcroes and a 7.5 in dragons (very tight) for what its worth..
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5.10 sizing isn't the most consistent, if you can you're best trying them on in a shop.
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From what I've read in the topics I found about Dragon sizing, it seems like what would be most convenient to do is buy them the same size as my street shoes, or max half a size down.
I hate ordering shoes online, but when there's no other option, it seems like the thing to do.
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I bought my Dragon online for that reason, but ended up sending them back and re-ordering a different size. Bit of a pain.
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Hi Steff
I'm a 9 in regular shoes. 7.5 in Anasazi Velcro's and a 9 in dragons (tight but not excruciatingly tight)
Id go for either 1/2 size smaller or your own size.
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Stef, most people buy Dragons around half a UK size down from street shoe* but also most people getting Dragons get other rock shoes a little tighter than you - I'd guess you should get UK8.
*Then again, we think they may have made Dragons bigger this year so maybe that will change.
(I'm UK8 street like you and have Dragons in UK7.5 but got into a UK7 that was delivered recently. I also have Katana laces in 38.5, Anasazi Velcro 6)
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I use the exact same combo, I wear a 41 in Miuras and wear a UK 9.5 in Dragons which is my street size. I'd say that buying your street size is a solid bet for Dragons but there is the usual 5.10 sizing eccentricity, my new pair were noticably larger than previous 9.5s but not enough that I felt I needed something smaller. I found that a 9 was just extra pain with no real benefit.
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Im exactly the same as you, Dragons in an 8.5 are tight but the right size for me so should work for you too. Hope this helps.
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Awesome, by now I'm pretty sure what size to get (8.5)
Thank you all!!