"Roger Zoul" wrote in message ...
billydee wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
|| ...
||| Pat wrote:
|||||||| Before you go out and spend money, loosen up your shoes a bit.
|||||||| Feet tend to swell when you ride and that could be part of the
|||||||| problem.

|||||| I'll try that on my ride this weekend....another metric century.
|||||| Were it not for this problem, I feel I could do the full century.
|||||| But I can't imagine endurance that pain for 40 miles (it starts
|||||| up
|||||| at around 60 miles without fail, it seems).
||||||
|||||| Of course, I don't feel I wear my shoes too tight, but I'll try
|||||| your
|||||| suggestion anyway simply because I might be wrong! And the
|||||| swelling
|||||| seems plausible.
|||||
||||| Last year, a guy at the LBS told me to take an extra pair of
||||| socks.
||||| He said to stop at the rest stop nearest the halfway point and
||||| change socks. He said it would give me a lift. Well, you know
||||| what?
||||| He was right! The dry socks were nice, but I also think the
||||| feeling had to do with sitting down, taking the feet out of the
||||| shoes and massaging them a bit before putting the new socks on.
||||| Even
||||| just getting air on hot feet helped a lot.
|||||
|||
||| I have, in the past, gotten off the bike and massaged my feet on
||| the side of
||| the road. Thing is, my socks don't feel wet, as they are those
||| coolmax
||| socks with the wicking property. Of course, it can't hurt to try
||| that (changing socks) either since the cost is zero Heat does
||| seem to be a
||| partial factor in all of this - except that on my last ride where
||| the
||| burning occur, it was a very cool day. I think pedal pressure was
||| in play
||| then. Come to think of it, I had not been on the bike in over a
||| week due to
||| catching a cold. Who knows...
||
|| stiffer soles and/or larger contact patch with your pedals can cure
|| hot foot. if you're using cheap shoes and SPD-type pedals it might be
|| time to upgrade to something better.

yeah, that seems like the likely situation....i'm doing a metric century
this weekend, and if the other techniques don't help, them I'm looking for
new pedals. My shoes cost about $70 so I don't think there are exactly
cheap, but the SPD pedals came with the bike and they definitely don't offer
much in the way of contact area. I have been looking at some Crank pedals
that are SPD compatible that seem to have a lot more contact area...that
would allow me to avoid buying new shoes.

All in all, $70 is on the lower side of bike shoes unless you got em
majorly on sale. Are they road shoes or MTB shoes? MTB shoes tend to
be less stiff. SPDs in combination with flexy shoes can cause exactly
the problem you describe. If you are planning on doing more mileage it
might be time to upgrade both pedals and shoes. Hard to go wrong with
Sidis or Look-style pedals (personally I use Campy Record pedals and
Sidi shoes and ride centuries all the time with no discomfort) The
comfort you get will make the money worth it.