I used to get hot spots using SPD style pedals (double sided and single sided.) A few years back I switched pedals to the Shimano A530 dual platform/spd pedals and the hot spots disappeared. While I have no scientific evidence of any kind, I wondered if perhaps the shoe sole gets more support from the larger pedal frame when clipped in? Maybe the load is spread over a greater surface area? Again, no idea why it would be so but that is what my experience has been. I Did a 200k brevet last year with just shy of 12,000 ft of climbing and hand no issues, with my feet anyway!
On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 8:29:04 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I will certainly do that. I may eventually pay for a professional fitting, > but whatever I do I'll pass the information along. > > But I wonder if others have had the problem and fixed it themselves. > > My left foot hasn't hurt so always, but it has been worse in the past > month or so -- I thought at first it was the Euxstar shoes that have always > been a bit small -- whence the sale -- but the PI's hurt too. I must try my > other 3 pairs of SPD shoes. I don't want retentionless with a fixed gear, > so that solution is out, and I do prefer slotted or "clipless" cleats > because both allow me to pull back and up when I need extra torque -- I've > pulled my shoes out of the straps or my feet out of shoes when using > clips/straps and no cleats. > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2016 at 6:08 PM, George Schick <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> "... The only fly in the ointment was the painful pressure point on my >> left foot. Does anyone have suggestions for (1) a fitting method to cure >> such ills, or (2) a shoe that is almost universally acclaimed to prevent >> them? My right foot is perfectly comfortable ..." I have no suggestions, >> but if you find out a cure from someone, please let me know - I have the >> same problem. I've gone through many different types and styles of cycling >> shoes as well as different retention and non-retention pedals and cleats, >> toe straps, etc. and still after about 30 miles I get a crampy pain in and >> around the middle toes area of the left foot and only the left foot. After >> that I have to stop are rest it for a few minutes before continuing. I >> have no idea how it got started or what to do about it. >> >> >> On Sunday, October 2, 2016 at 4:48:43 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>> No photos, sorry, but I dropped my daughter off at driving lessons and >>> took the '99 Joe Starck 75" fixed gear out on the bike paths for a nice >>> Sunday afternoon ride. I made my way west to the North Diversion Channel >>> Trail and rode north to the Balloon Park, presently packed and bustling >>> with the activity of the annual Balloon Fiesta. I ambled around a bit but >>> saw nothing but parking lots of RVs and fields of tents (and a usefully and >>> strategically placed Port A Potty). But many cyclists out, also bumbling >>> around. >>> >>> Since today's driving lesson was to be abbreviated because it was Test >>> Day, I had less than 2 hours, so rather than making my way to the balloons >>> proper, I got back on the trail, southbound, to the Paseo del Norte trail; >>> took that west to the Rio Grande Recreational trail, where I adjusted a >>> cleat, took a drink of water, and turned back east to the NDCT, whence >>> south to Claremont and east to San Mateo and the McGinnis School of >>> Driving, south campus. As it happened, Catie texted me impatiently at 1 h >>> 34 min. >>> >>> The owner, a big, florid WASP with white hair and a very expansive >>> manner -- Texan in typology if not accent -- (I think he drives an >>> Escalade; if here were Tejano, he'd have steer horns attached to the hood) >>> was some 7 years ago caught in a very much highlighted act of Driving While >>> Intoxicated. Typical for a state where long distances are measured in 6 >>> packs. T'other day, he called me "young man," which tickled me because I am >>> 61 and just a year younger than he. I told him I'd take it. >>> >>> Anyway, just under 23 miles, ~75*F, humidity rather high in the >>> 25-to-low-30s range, winds 7 to 9 from the south, partly cloudy under >>> otherwise azure skies. >>> >>> The only fly in the ointment was the painful pressure point on my left >>> foot. Does anyone have suggestions for (1) a fitting method to cure such >>> ills, or (2) a shoe that is almost universally acclaimed to prevent them? >>> My right foot is perfectly comfortable. >>> >>> Patrick Moore, blase about balloons because they drift across my >>> property every morning at about 7:30 am, in ABQ, NM. >>> >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> -- >>> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >>> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >>> Other professional writing services. >>> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >>> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >>> ************************************* >>> *************************************************** >>> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >>> circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and >>> individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu >>> >>> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >>> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >>> >>> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >>> >>> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) * >>> Aristotle >>> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the > world revolves.) *Carthusian motto > > *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart > > *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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