Do roller skates (not in-line skates) run true to size?

Question

I am looking to buy a pair of roller skates (not in-line skates) from ebay. I am a size 8.5 and I was wondering if anyone knows if they run true to size. I was thinking about getting a size 9, to accomidate for the thick socks that I will be wearing.

Answer 1

You are thinking right, you should have a half size bigger because of the socks. Have fun.

Answer 2

Roller skate sizes are just like normal shoes, as the size that fits you can vary depending on where the shoe was made.

Here's a tip I used when buying my skates online. My skates fit perfectly.

Put down a piece of paper & trace both feet WEARING the socks you intend to skate in.

Once you have the tracings down, measure the length with a ruler from the biggest point (usually the big toe) down to the heel.

Use the biggest measurement you have obtained, as one foot is usually a little bigger than the other.

Convert the length to INCHES: http://www.onlineconversion.com/length.htm

Then go to the skate manufacturers website to check their measurements table (most good skate manufacturers such as Riedell have a table like this) to see what the best size is for your length.

A good website that has most of these measurements handy is:

http://www.skates.com/Fitting-roller-inline-skates-and-size-charts-s/12.htm

Good luck & happy skating! :-)

Answer 3

So curler hockey skates for many manufacturers will extra healthful very equivalent to an ice hockey skate. you will would desire to bypass down a million to a million a million/2 sizes out of your everyday shoe length. till you get a venture skate, those run truer to shoe length. considering you have a much wider foot i might advise getting a venture skate, Bauer runs extra narrow. I easily have labored in CS for an information superhighway carrying products corporation for 8 years, i might advise which you get a length 10.0 E venture skate.

Answer 4

It all depends on who makes the boot and the width of the boot. If you can email the seller and ask their foot size/width if these boots are not new.

I am a size 7 shoe and my skate boots are a 6.5 because of the width. These boots are probably 20 years old now and I have been looking at replacing them with ones that can be heated so that they form to your foot.

Good luck and have fun skating :)

Answer 5

a 9 will be good but make sure you check and see if they are women or men roller skate.

Answer 6

i wear an 8.5 and i always get a 9 to be safe, so it wouldn't hurt to get a 9