John Lofgren (Speedway)

[veloaudio]

Bam. Very comfortable out of the box for me. The extra insoles are a nice touch. Easily switch between thick and thin socks.

[Sugar Mountain]

I just copped a pair of the blue sneakers and took a half size up from my Viberg and Alden. Hopefully I'll have em for the weekend.

[Broark]

I'm about to order a pair of the natural ones and I'm a bit confused on sizing.
Most people are saying they run big but Sugar Mountain ordered a half size up!
I'm somewhere around 11.5 or 12, depending. (11.5 in Converse, 11.5 in Alden TruBalance, 11.5 in NB, 12 in Vans)
When I emailed John about these he told me to take a size 12 but that sounds like it could end up being too big.
Not sure which route to go.

[madmonday]

Dope socks @veloaudio

Think I might hump at that black cat shirt.  Loved Fritz the cat as a kid when I wasn't supposed to be watching it

[Chiba J.]

Well if you're between an 11.5 and a 12 (like me) then it's an easy decision, since there is no 11.5.

I'm an 11.5 in Alden Trubalance (which fits pretty large on me) and the JL 12s work fine.

[Broark]

Thanks Chiba, I thought I might be able to go down to an 11 possibly.

[mclaincausey]

Email John. Measure some Cons or Vans and get the length from him or if they're online, very accommodating dude.

[Sugar Mountain]

Broak, my boot/shoe size runs a fair bit smaller than my sneaker size (I'm 8.5 Viberg and Trubalance but US11 in NB, Vans and Nike) and consensus seems to be taking a half size up from Alden. Fingers crossed it works out for me.

[Broark]

I ended up ordering a size 11 per Kiya's advice.
If they don't fit I'll be able to swap them out for a 12 though which is nice!

[Qinhan]

[Chiba J.]

Nice. How's the fit? Would be helpful to note how you sized since quite a few guys seem to be mulling over sizing these.

[Qinhan]

Fit's great.  I went with my regular Japanese/US size of 8.  No need for any sizing up or down imho.

[Superfluous]

Very nice Qinhan

[Sugar Mountain]

Nice Qinhan. My navy sneakers have been shipped from Speedway so now the waiting begins…

[grandmasterben]

Nice sm.

If John does some donkey punchers in badalassi, that will definitely be my first foray into his footwear!

[Qinhan]

@Sugar:

Nice Qinhan. My navy sneakers have been shipped from Speedway so now the waiting begins…

Navy was super nice too.  I think you'll be happy with the colour.  It really pops.

[davito]

Great to see some champ sneaker love, enjoy guys

Family surrounded by vintage and repro chucks

[Sugar Mountain]

Great photo Davito. My sneakers turned up at the office this morning. I quickly tried them on and the sizing is just right.

So for what it's worth, I went with my normal UK shoe size (UK9), half a size up from my Alden Trubalance and Viberg 2045 size and a full size down from my UK sneaker size (Vans, Nike and NB in UK10).

Photos soon…

[Qinhan]

Nice photo, D.  Great collection.

[Sugar Mountain]

And here we are: