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Old September 7th, 2004, 01:40 PM
Roger Zoul
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curt wrote:
|| "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
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||| Pat wrote:
|||||| Good job. Your numbers are similar to mine, except I haven't been
|||||| over 70 miles yet. The problem now is my feet...either my toes
|||||| get all weird or the bottom of the feet, right below where the
|||||| pedal
|||||| is, start burning like hell. That's what happened yesterday. The
|||||| Brooks saddle is working out great!
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||||| I had the burning feet problem with my Shimano 515 pedals. I
||||| changed to Look pedals and it went away. Also, make sure you have
||||| enough
||||| room to move your toes around in your shoes. The problem, it
||||| seems,
||||| is a nerve between the 3rd and 4th toes. The larger platform of
||||| the Look pedals spreads the force over a larger surface and
||||| decreases
||||| the chance of getting this nerve irritated. I was also advised to
||||| put some kind of pad under the metatarsal arch or use orthotics or
||||| get stiffer shoes. I got the Look pedals AND stiffer soled shoes
||||| and the problem went away.
|||
||| Damn.....something told me this was a problem that was going to
||| require spending money to fix. Are the shoes you got still
||| available? I really don't see any other solution than what you
||| suggest as there is nothing else that I can think of that will make
||| this problem go away. I wouldn't mind having a larger platform
||| those, since I find myself something riding unclipped - like
||| starting off into an intersection, etc. How do the Look pedals
||| compare to the SPDs in terms of clipping in/out and float?
||
|| 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.