sore feet problem

[mr.snips]

I'm fairly new to road cycling although i've been mountain biking for years. Problem is, i get soreness along the bottom of my feet after an hour or so on the road. The discomfort runs along the outside of the bottom of my foot from the front of the heel to underneath the outside of the arch (if that makes any sense). I'm using a pair of Sidi shoes with Look Keo pedals. The bike has been fitted professionally although the pedals and cleats I fitted myself following the manufacturers instructions. I don't reckon it's the shoes as i tried on several different brands. I do know that my feet have high arches so i've tried Superfeet yellow insoles and a pair of 'off the shelf' orthotic insoles from a podiatrist without much improvement. Has anyone come across a similar complaint and found a solution?

 

[brianf7]

Do you have ankle weakness on the out side or do your ankles roll ?? If so maybe a support or even a wedge onder the cleat will help.
I have same trouble with one side my for foot seems to push outwards but I can fix that with cleats.
Good luck

 

[the truth.]

hea. step ! buy a pair of running shoes!

( get all my guys to go to a pro running store and get their gait filmed to watch the foot roll.)
gives a great indicator to any alinement problems in hip knee of ankle. they also measure arch to see if support is required all for the price of the running shoes.

numness can be restricted blood flood or nerve damage.- i would only be guessing- and a guess wont solve the problem.

try riding with the shoes loose
try riding the shoes but use a plain flat pedal to mark off cleat alinement

try..but dont give into pain
pain is body warning signs

 

[usedtobefast]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantar_fasciitis

sounds like this

 

[jasbone123]

Hi
It's nothing to do with your age or the non-smoking or the reduced alcohol. It sounds like plantar fascilits, which can lead to heel spur. Your GP is a good place to start. You may need orthotics made for your shoes to realign your feet into the correct position. You can get these from a podiatrist or there is a specialist clinic called 'parish & bell' in South London who specialise. Meanwhile an osteopath may be able to give you some treatment to reduce the pain.

 

[Rock7586]

I had a simular problem with the Sidi shoe, fantastic fit. Although I went from 10 years + riding with the Time Shoe and Pedal combo. I found that the cleat would not go far enough forward for my liking. And caused a pretty big problem.

Listen to your body, smart comment by the truth. pain is a warning sign. don't be dumb and push through it.

 

[mr.snips]

Thanks to everyone who replied with suggestions. After much trial and error it seems that my sore feet could be linked to saddle height and over engaged hamstrings.

I've had foot gait analysis done and got new insoles and had a professional bike fit done, but the foot pain was worse than ever. I tried different shoes, same result. During the bike fit it was noticed that i have over engaged hamstrings meaning that my legs don't extend far enough at the bottom of the pedal stroke causing my toes (and this is my summation) to point down too much causing the pain.

This week i thought i'd experiment with saddle height; first i dropped the saddle down about 15mm to where my heel is on the pedal at the bottom of the pedal stroke with a slight bend in my knee - went out on a two hour ride and no problem apart from a stiff back.

Then i put the saddle up 5 mm - slight pain in one foot again so i've put some shims under that cleat as i know that leg is slightly shorter and so far so good. However, the saddle is still 10mm lower than recommended by the bike fit specialist and 5mm lower than the original fit from the bike shop.

Is there a good way of measuring correct saddle height that can be done at home and does anyone know of some good exercises for correcting over engaged hamstrings?

 

[Anonymous]

Then i put the saddle up 5 mm - slight pain in one foot again so i've put some shims under that cleat as i know that leg is slightly shorter and so far so good. However, the saddle is still 10mm lower than recommended by the bike fit specialist and 5mm lower than the original fit from the bike shop.

You changed the setup the bike fit did, and it resulted in less pain.

Only 10mm change from what the bike fitters did is not really much.

I think you've found your ideal saddle height

 

[brianf7]

set the cleats with ball of foot over pedal size 10 shoes 10mm over and so on
should sort out tghe problem.

See Steve Hoggs posts of the fitness section