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Married to Night Train
- Location
- Salford, UK
Posting this here because of the 'bent connection. Out for a ride on the trike today, and my feet started to hurt - the first time was after 10 miles or so, and then at intervals. There was pain in the ball of my foot, and my big toe, a sort of burning feeling as if I had my toe far too close to a fire. Plus a little bit of pins and needles feeling.
When it got too bad, I pulled over, unclipped and put my feet down for a bit, which helped. I tried to 'ankle' a bit more, thinking it might help the circulation, but I'm not sure it helped.
Now I'm home, the balls of my feet (big toe side) and toes are fine, but I do have a pins and needles feeling in the other side of my feet, the ball of the foot nearer the outside.
I noticed last week out on the upright that I could 'feel' the soles of my shoes a bit (wearing them to ride non-spd pedals with toeclips, as I do when I want the benefit of the stiff sole) - they are Shimano M021Ys according to the label. I wonder if the soles are getting thin - they are a few years old, but haven't had anything like daily use. I've not had this so bad before, just the occasional numb feeling, which I attribute to the feet up the air position.
Would an insole of some kind help? I go away on Friday, so time and also money, for replacement shoes are non-existent. I coped, but it didn't make the last few miles so much fun, and I don't want to annoy my friends by having stop every few miles in the afternoon...
When it got too bad, I pulled over, unclipped and put my feet down for a bit, which helped. I tried to 'ankle' a bit more, thinking it might help the circulation, but I'm not sure it helped.
Now I'm home, the balls of my feet (big toe side) and toes are fine, but I do have a pins and needles feeling in the other side of my feet, the ball of the foot nearer the outside.
I noticed last week out on the upright that I could 'feel' the soles of my shoes a bit (wearing them to ride non-spd pedals with toeclips, as I do when I want the benefit of the stiff sole) - they are Shimano M021Ys according to the label. I wonder if the soles are getting thin - they are a few years old, but haven't had anything like daily use. I've not had this so bad before, just the occasional numb feeling, which I attribute to the feet up the air position.
Would an insole of some kind help? I go away on Friday, so time and also money, for replacement shoes are non-existent. I coped, but it didn't make the last few miles so much fun, and I don't want to annoy my friends by having stop every few miles in the afternoon...