Odd wear inside shoe

DeF said:

For some reason, I inspected the inside of my cycling
shoes the other day and noticed something odd. In my
right shoe, there is a large, deeply worn area under
where my big toe sits. There is no corresponding wear
in my left shoe although on the left side there seems
to be more wear where my other toes sit.

And I thought I had a reasonably symmetric pedaling style.

DeF.

PS Did I get all the where/wears right?

You may have a symmetric pedalling style and asymmetric feet. My feet
are totally different - the arch of one foot is about a centimetre
shorter than the other, and about half a centimetre higher. Therefore
my cleats are in a totally different position on the shoes, and when I
ultra run I get a blister on the little toe of one foot, but the second
littlest toe on the other foot.

Rather than worry about inside your shoes... I'd worry about large
differences in things like leg muscle size and tightness/knots,
especially around the hips.

Tam

Tamyka Bell said:

DeF said:

For some reason, I inspected the inside of my cycling
shoes the other day and noticed something odd. In my
right shoe, there is a large, deeply worn area under
where my big toe sits. There is no corresponding wear
in my left shoe although on the left side there seems
to be more wear where my other toes sit.

And I thought I had a reasonably symmetric pedaling style.

DeF.

PS Did I get all the where/wears right?

You may have a symmetric pedalling style and asymmetric feet. My feet
are totally different - the arch of one foot is about a centimetre
shorter than the other, and about half a centimetre higher. Therefore
my cleats are in a totally different position on the shoes, and when I
ultra run I get a blister on the little toe of one foot, but the second
littlest toe on the other foot.

Rather than worry about inside your shoes... I'd worry about large
differences in things like leg muscle size and tightness/knots,
especially around the hips.

Tam

Interesting. My feet are slightly different sizes but not much. I
do have different length leg bones although the overall leg length
is the same. My right thigh bone is longer than my left which means
my knee is a bit forward on the right side when riding. I don't get
any other aches or pains in my legs or hips from riding so I'm not
really concerned, just curious really.

DeF.

On 2006-08-07, Tamyka Bell (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:

Quoted message said:

DeF said:

For some reason, I inspected the inside of my cycling
shoes the other day and noticed something odd. In my
right shoe, there is a large, deeply worn area under
where my big toe sits. There is no corresponding wear
in my left shoe although on the left side there seems
to be more wear where my other toes sit.

And I thought I had a reasonably symmetric pedaling style.

DeF.

PS Did I get all the where/wears right?

Where were you worried? 🙂

Quoted message said:

You may have a symmetric pedalling style and asymmetric feet. My feet
are totally different - the arch of one foot is about a centimetre
shorter than the other, and about half a centimetre higher. Therefore
my cleats are in a totally different position on the shoes, and when I
ultra run I get a blister on the little toe of one foot, but the second
littlest toe on the other foot.

I've just moved to cleats with no float, to test them out. Left foot
has to have the cleat angled so foot points out; right foot -- can't
seem to get that one right yet so it doesn't hurt my knee, but it
seems to have to be pointed in.

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