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Cycling Shoes

  • 15-06-2013 4:44pm
    #1
    Get In There
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭


    Just popping in to ask for a bit of advice.

    I'm still a newbie to cycling having only gotten my first road bike in Feb. I've gradually spent built up the distances of my cycles each time I go out on it, with the Wicklow Challenge (100km) last weekend being the furthest I've cycled to date. However it's only recently as I go out on longer cycles, I experience some discomfort in my feet at the end of rides, specifically where the cleats sit on the shoes.

    I've got a pair of cheap cycling shoes which are basic enough with a stiff nylon sole. It's a comfortable enough fit. I'm just wondering is this discomfort part and parcel of cheap cycling shoes and it's a case of HTFU or would buying a better shoe with a carbon sole help my feet in my case?


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  • #2
    macnab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭macnab


    For me I find that cycling shoes have to be the exact right size. If they are slightly too large I will get pains similar to the ones you describe. I use good quality socks, well I presume they are good quality at 15 Euros a pair, though Lidl socks are not too bad. As an example my €40 NW shoes in size EU 40 are much more comfortable than my €220 Mavic carbon beauties in size EU 40.66 (stupid impulse control issues......)


  • #3
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    What shoes have you? I have basic R078 shimanos and have never felt any discomfort of any sort in my feet.


  • #4
    Get In There
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Get In There


    I've got a pair of MuddyFox shoes that I bought from SportsDirect for the handsome sum of €22! The fit is just perfect. I also wear the Lidl socks hahaha! Will try a different pair of socks and hopefully that'll ease the discomfort otherwise I'll have a perfectly valid reason to buy new cycling shoes ;-)


  • #5
    redzerredzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 264 ✭✭redzerredzer


    My feet hurt first at 120, then 140, then 60,then 170.
    I'm hoping next it will start at 200, then 220 if I ever get that far.
    Just keep cycling and see if pain kicks in later and later till it stops happening.


  • #6
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    sounds like a fitting issue tbh, of the cleat angle fore/aft I mean.


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  • #7
    Get In There
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 683 ✭✭✭Get In There


    IM0 wrote: »
    sounds like a fitting issue tbh, of the cleat angle fore/aft I mean.

    As obvious as it sounds now, it didn't occur to me to think of adjusting the cleats! Will give that a go! Thanks


  • #8
    parttime77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9 ✭parttime77


    What about a lower sore back , it aches after 50km , any advice ,:(


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