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Dan Schaper
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During my quest for the pedal/cleat system to obtain maximum vRex toe numbness reduction, I observed
with my PowerGrips/platform pedals/12yr. old stiff soled touring shoes combo adjusted to get the
ball of my foot almost 2" in front of the axle the numbness was pretty much a non-event. However, I
felt the constant twist in my knees and, when needing to do some serious pulling while spinning
uphill, the powergrips required frequent repositioning of feet back to their original location.
So I've moved on to Frogs/SidiGenius shoes that use adapters which I modified (some might say
mutilated) to get the cleats back as far as possible. Alas I don't think they made it to where the
platform/PowerGrips allowed. Pulling/spinning uphill is fine. Clipping-in sometimes is problematic,
but clipping-out is a no-brainer and the knees are happy. However walking in the road shoes is often
way too exciting and the cleats grinding on the sidewalk sound terrible.
It appears I'm searching maybe for some mountain bike SPD shoes for the Frog cleats. Any suggestions
as to which ones would require the least amount of grinding/drilling/whittling? Or is there a shoe
surgery method out there I haven't thought of?
Dan
with my PowerGrips/platform pedals/12yr. old stiff soled touring shoes combo adjusted to get the
ball of my foot almost 2" in front of the axle the numbness was pretty much a non-event. However, I
felt the constant twist in my knees and, when needing to do some serious pulling while spinning
uphill, the powergrips required frequent repositioning of feet back to their original location.
So I've moved on to Frogs/SidiGenius shoes that use adapters which I modified (some might say
mutilated) to get the cleats back as far as possible. Alas I don't think they made it to where the
platform/PowerGrips allowed. Pulling/spinning uphill is fine. Clipping-in sometimes is problematic,
but clipping-out is a no-brainer and the knees are happy. However walking in the road shoes is often
way too exciting and the cleats grinding on the sidewalk sound terrible.
It appears I'm searching maybe for some mountain bike SPD shoes for the Frog cleats. Any suggestions
as to which ones would require the least amount of grinding/drilling/whittling? Or is there a shoe
surgery method out there I haven't thought of?
Dan