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Old September 6th, 2004, 06:25 PM
Roger Zoul
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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!
:::
::
:: 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?