Foot issues

[vickster]

Along the outside mostly and into ankle. Also hot spots on ball of foot solved by moving cleats into correct position as well

 

[Globalti]

Try some Specialized BG insoles; they really are comfortable. Get them from Eblag.

 

[vickster]

This ^^^ Mine came from one of the cycling websites, £20 very well spent

I have the green ones due to high arches

 

[jowwy]

Try some Specialized BG insoles; they really are comfortable. Get them from Eblag.

This ^^^ Mine came from one of the cycling websites, £20 very well spent

I have the green ones due to high arches

will try them next

 

[vickster]

There are 3 types depending on your degree of flat footedness or high archedness

 

[Globalti]

Ha ha, I bought some Sidi cycling shoes from a cycling jumble for little money but found them really cold and uncomfortable. Little did I realise.... they had no insoles so I was on the thin cardboard layer on top of the plastic soles! I didn't twig until after I'd flogged them on Ebay. Muppet.

 

[jowwy]

There are 3 types depending on your degree of flat footedness or high archedness

Were can i get them from vickster

 

[Andrew_P]

can i ask how would they be any different and i'm sure i had the same issues with spd sl's

just a longer base bigger cleat for your foot

 

[vickster]

Were can i get them from vickster

Sigma sell them for example, but you may be best to go to a Specialized BG fit centre or retailer locally if you have one

Are Tredz in your part of Welsh Wales for example? I am not sure where your sofa is located

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-BodyGeometry-SL-Footbeds_61668.htm

 

[steveindenmark]

It sounds like it could be caused because your feet are clipped into a static position, possibly the wrong position. As you know there is so little room for adjustment.

Like I said before Jude trainers for a while and see if it helps.

 

[Globalti]

Get the BG insoles and stick with the pedals and cleats; your feet will take some time to get used to te new posture and being restrained in the shoes. Mine hurt on the otside edges when I first went over to road riding but after a few months the tenderness went away. In 22 years of mountain biking it wasn't a problem because you're on and off the bike so often.

 

[jowwy]

Sigma sell them for example, but you may be best to go to a Specialized BG fit centre or retailer locally if you have one

Are Tredz in your part of Welsh Wales for example? I am not sure where your sofa is located

http://www.tredz.co.uk/.Specialized-BodyGeometry-SL-Footbeds_61668.htm

in my lounge vickster

will take a look at tredz website and see if i can get down there some time soon

 

[jowwy]

ok - little update

woke up this morning with zero aches and pains after all the adjustments i made yesterday - so going to try a full turbo session tonight and see how it goes.

 

[VamP]

mavic fury mtb shoes

As it happens, I killed my Spesh shoes at the Nationals last week, and as I needed a replacement in a hurry, found the Fury's in my size on CCR. They just arrived and I have to say, they are full-on race shoes, so not the most forgiving if you have foot issues, the sole is rock stiff carbon plate. I would imagine that even small sizing problems would be amplified dramatically.

Are your issues of the same severity with the Mavic's as they are with your Northwaves?

A slight aside - it would be a heinous crime to use the Fury's with platform pedals!

 

[jowwy]

As it happens, I killed my Spesh shoes at the Nationals last week, and as I needed a replacement in a hurry, found the Fury's in my size on CCR. They just arrived and I have to say, they are full-on race shoes, so not the most forgiving if you have foot issues, the sole is rock stiff carbon plate. I would imagine that even small sizing problems would be amplified dramatically.

Are your issues of the same severity with the Mavic's as they are with your Northwaves?

A slight aside - it would be a heinous crime to use the Fury's with platform pedals!

i have to be honest VamP - the issues are more seviere when on the turbo than when out on the road - the northwaves less so when on the turbo and the new northwave boots even less as i got a wider fitting

what i'm trying at the moment is using the northwaves when on the turbo and keeping the mavics till i get out on the road with them more in the spring/summer months

i'm basically trying anything at the moment, without splitting my head open on the wall