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Selling new blue perforated lows in EU44, if anyone here wants them I'll give a good deal, otherwise I'm gonna post them on b&s in a couple of days. They haven't arrived yet.
 
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How much room are on your heels when you're standing? With this achilles mesh I recently bought I can slip my index finger easily and my thumb with a bit of force. I can also feel my heels slipping a bit when I walk. Maybe because they're new so the soles are still stiff? This doesn't happen with my old vintage achilles. I usually wear 10 us and I wonder if I should size down to 42 in my next cp purchase.
 
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I'm a 12 in Nike and most other shoes (occasionally 11.5) but I take a 44 in CPs. So a full size down seems to work.
 

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I think this is the case of different-model-different-sizing. 43 vintage achilles fits me well but 43 achilles mesh fits slightly larger. Probably because there's less padding.
 

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Does anyone know if the grey Achilles low leather is on sale anywhere? Like the light grey that almost looks white....thanks in advance
 

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How much room are on your heels when you're standing? With this achilles mesh I recently bought I can slip my index finger easily and my thumb with a bit of force. I can also feel my heels slipping a bit when I walk. Maybe because they're new so the soles are still stiff? This doesn't happen with my old vintage achilles. I usually wear 10 us and I wonder if I should size down to 42 in my next cp purchase.

anecdotal, but thought id share. my first pair, blk achilles low took a while to wear in. from DS they werent great on the heels, and there was some slippage. second i got a vintage achiiles low from around these parts, and they were either DS or worn a couple times, but they were fine from day 1, no heel slippage no nothing. third pair, white achilles low DS were the same pain ********** as my first pair, still being broken in actually.

should not 43 is a better length for me, but i wear a 44 in all my achilles low because of the width
 

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Yeah, it's no big deal actually. Tighter lacing and/or thicker socks took care of the slipping. Still I wonder if I should go 42 with my next pair..
 
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duno about the laces but lemme know how they look. pics would be awesome. was thinking about grabbing a pair as well.
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Anybody tried switching out the woven laces for leather laces? Any pics?
 

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I think there's a bit of paranoia tbh when it comes to CP sizing.

I am true US10 (10 Vans/10.5 flyknits, etc) and I found that a 43 in CP is slightly too large. A 42 is a bit tight in width, but after a bit of wear, it becomes a perfect fit.

And I wear 42 in Vintage high, Achilles low, Achilles low mesh, Canvas low, and the track shoe. I think there's a bit of difference between the models, but not so that you should keep yourselves up at night about it.
 

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I think there's a bit of paranoia tbh when it comes to CP sizing.

I am true US10 (10 Vans/10.5 flyknits, etc) and I found that a 43 in CP is slightly too large.  A 42 is a bit tight in width, but after a bit of wear, it becomes a perfect fit.

And I wear 42 in Vintage high, Achilles low, Achilles low mesh, Canvas low, and the track shoe.  I think there's a bit of difference between the models, but not so that you should keep yourselves up at night about it.


I wear 43 in my achilles suedes and they're indeed too long, but only slightly. I can't imagine wearing smaller width though, it's already snug enough, although I have normal width. That's why I am not sure if I should go for 42 with my next purchase, which are (hopefully) the black mids.

anyway, does anyone know why the nubuck/mesh combo CP from this season is priced higher than the leather models? is it only because they're new? or if the material is indeed more expensive than the leather?
 
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Am I tripping or do these look green? They're the blue perforated lows. They definitely look green in person. Also I would probably size down if going from original achilles to perforated; not certain however as these fit fine width wise but had a good inch and a half left in the toe, compared to about an inch in the original lows.



 
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Am I tripping or do these look green to me? They're the blue perforated lows. They definitely look green in person. Also I would probably size down if going from original achilles to perforated; not certain however as these fit fine width wise but had a good inch and a half left in the toe, compared to about an inch in the original lows.
i bought the same ones from thecorner...i dont think they look green at all honestly, maybe like a slight slight hint but i would stil def say blue
 

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What about this photo? I'd say it depicts the color more accurately. Not sure how they turned out differently in the pictures I took. I am slightly red-green colorblind but that shouldn't matter in this case.

 
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