I have purchases cycling shoes for road and mountain biking for many years. Like so many other people with a wide foot and high arches, finding a shoe that truly fit is hard to come by. When I saw these shoes, GIRO HV+ and read some of the reviews I thought I would give them a try.I wear a size 10 1/2 or 11 shoe depending on the manufacturer. I ordered a size 11 US or 45 EU to give my toes a little space (I hate hammer toes). It turns out I made the right choice, the fit is perfect, the width, toe space and design of the closure mechanism, the way the tongue is attached to shoe, it all combined to make a really good fit for me.Because of my high arching feet, my experience with cycling shoes is that the tongue of the shoe barely cover the arch of my feet because the tongue of the shoe is too narrow, sewn to one side or the other side of the shoe.On the GIRO HV+ shoe the tongue is attached to the toe of the shoe, in addition the tongue is wide enough to cover the arch of my feet.Riding with the GIRO HV+ is a pleasure, my wide feet are not squeezed because of the shoe width, plenty of toe space, a really comfortable tongue that actually cover the arch of my feet, no hot spot at the ball of my feet.Final word is the GIRO HV+ is the best fitting mountain bike shoe I have ever purchase/ rode and I have been mountain biking off and on for,,,, when mountain biking first became a thing (that was in the 80s) and that is a long time.