Correct cleat position?

[Evo-R]

I dont know if this means anything but, when my feet burn i just push down on my toes and the pain/burn goes away imediatly or until i relax my toes then its back again.

[The_Break]

I dont know if this means anything but, when my feet burn i just push down on my toes and the pain/burn goes away imediatly or until i relax my toes then its back again.

 

Pretty normal. Worst is when you been doing that for 3 hours trying to get home and even that does not help. I suffered a few times pre going fulltime days. After getting up over the 20k mark per annum I was forced to learn quickly and sort out these kinds of things. Pain and suffering makes you learn quickly. Sometimes I sit in my office again wishing I was back on the bike, but then I remind myself of the bad days and just think it was a good time and I lived the dream, but damn I suffered to be there and am enjoying being behind a desk again.

Edited January 13, 2011 by The_Break

[Sepia]

I would firstly move the cleat toward the front of the shoe if possible in order to bring your ball of your big toe directly in line with the pedal axle. Also make sure you get your little bone under your knee cap in line as it effects how your foot "moves" in relation to the shoe. Obviously this also effects saddle height so you may need to check all. Also make sure the shoe/foot angles 90deg to the pedal axle with cleat itself aligned with pedal axle. This may solve your problem.

 

Reason I suggest this is that you effectively place more pressure on the front of your foot or toes when your foot is too far back and this extra pressure is what aggrevates the nerves. You will probably also find that your foot tends to rotate over to the side the pain is on. Check this and try keep your foot/ball area flat in your shoe with most of the pressure square in the middle of your ball. Check also if your knee are maybe not too far out. Exaggeration would be David Kramer style. Knees should almost touch frame for an ideal motion.

 

If yo get all this right the problem should go away.

 

Many thanks for this article. I am am sure it is going to help me. Great, appreciate this great advice!

 

 

 

[Handlebar]

I found this webspage quite good as a starting point

 

http://www.snowbikers.com/articles/mtb_setup.html

 

Hope it's of some use

[TNT1]

Go with what the_break said. Sound setup advice that is. Also, oddly, check your saddle height and fore-aft position. Adjusting that correctly solved my wife's hot foot problem.