In reply to Sealwife:
I've got some Veloce on review at the moment. Obviously the reviewing has had to be shelved for the foreseeable. I can only comment on the fit at the desk for now.
It's not a small size in my case.
The broad 'square' toe is brilliant for a broad square footed person like me, and I wish more shoes had that sort of profile since this is usually where I suffer. However the sizing seems on the short side so I have tried going up from my usual street shoe 47 to a 48. Even in the up-sized version I find them short out front, but there's also a lot of volume over the top of the foot, and loads of empty room at the heel. And the velcro doesn't let you fine tune the fit as well as laces would.
I can't be sure until I've worn them a fair bit in use, but I think that although they are sold in part on their comfort, in that regard they are going to best suit a user who gets on with a reasonably aggressive bent shoe. I doubt I'll ever find them comfy. However you can definitely get less compromising performance shoes, so perhaps they do sit in the middle ground you're after.
There's no ankle bone issue on me...
