Sidi shoes

Depends if the last fits your feet. It's not worth bothering with a brand if their fundamental shape is incompatible with you.

Guess thats why they make the mega variation too??

That makes them wider, but doesn't change the basic shape of the last. Some shoes have more of a curve along the length; some are flatter on the sole; some secure higher up the arch; etc.

Can't really tell till you've tried on a pair or two. I was considering some high-end Specialized jobbies recently, and after trying them on, thought they were "yeah, quite nice, seem pretty comfortable, blah, blah".

Then I tried on some Mavics: "wow, these are so much more comfortable on my feet (fiddle with buckle absent-mindedly), got more of that 'slipper' feel like Sidis (more absent-minded buckle fiddling)."

Bought the Mavics. Rode for a few hundred miles. Hotspot where buckle/strap pushed against my instep irritated the fuck out of me.

Reverted to past favourite shoe: Sidis. And relax.

I have a Sidi foot.