Its kind of odd how our bodies tell us when something isn't good for us.....lower gearing, more spinning, less mashing, shorter rides, more stops, more walking as an alternative to grinding up hills, more surface area for the feet to push against etc. I'm leaning toward Grant's "dual athelete" concept......I know my walking muscles are underused and whats wrong with simply getting off the bike and resting? Fifty miles of riding has always been the turning point for me where I am fighting the more natural reaction to stop while also questioning why I am looking for ways to extend suffering. YMMV
On Jun 4, 9:11 am, "Kelly Sleeper" <tkslee...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree that hotspots are cause by more than "just" the small platform. > However that being said the "but" follows. When I started using > look/shimano spd-r etc all wider platforms with the same shoes the hot spots > took much longer to hit. With regular spd's 50 miles was the max.. with > spd-r's I didn't have any problems except the hilliest of centuries. > > The hot spots also made me concentrate on better form / smoother pedaling. > I also tried many different shoes ending with the mega carbon sidi's. From > my experience the wider platforms make a huge difference. > > Now I ride nothing but platform pedals and tennis shoes .. cleats and > special shoes are too much work. > > Kelly > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Palincsar > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 1:38 PM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Considering new pedals > > On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 06:29 -0700, Peter Pesce wrote: > > Michael- > > > Re-reading your original post it seems you are not necessarily looking > > to change away from a clipless pedal, only looking to cure your > > hot-spot problems? > > In that case I might recommend the Shimano A520 pedal if you still > > want clipless but need a wider support platform to get rid of > > hot-spots. > > In my experience, hot spots aren't caused by a small pedal platform, but > rather by the shoes: too flexible soles, and on too tight once the foot > swells in the heat. The way to cure a hot spot while riding is to take off > your shoe for 30 sec to 2 min. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
