Scott,
The shoe and sandal are both stiff overall. But, the shoe has a removable insole, not so the sandal.
The removable insole in the shoe is a thing layer of styrafoam/foam-rubber, without almost no
stiffness. It allows access to the cleat bracket from inside the shoe. There was no stiff layer
between the cleat bracket and the foot. Pressure was being transmitted from the metal cleat bracket
to the foot, more so on one foot than the other. I tried moving the cleat around, the pain just
followed it. I inserted a thin, barely flexible layer of plastic to disperse the pressure.
I am not sure about the layers of the sandal as everything is glued together. I have never had
problems with the sandals.
Gary
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> Gary: This is interesting. Are the sandals particularly stiff? My wife and I have *very* stiff ($)
> shoes (she's using top-end Sidi's), so maybe this isn't the problem? The cleat is as far back as
> possible, but I have yet to lengthen the holes. Hmmmm....
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> > Scott,
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> > I have a fairly broad SPD pedal, a pair of SPD sandals and a pair of SPD MTB shoes. The sandals
> > work great. The MTB shoes had become painful to wear while riding due to pressure where the
> > pedal attached to the shoe. As the sandals worked well, it was obviously not the pedal but the
> > shoes. I improvised a stiffer sole in my shoes. I cut some flexible plastic notebook dividers to
> > the shape of the inside of the shoe and inserted them under the shoe support liners. Voila, it
> > worked. It was a cheap fix and surprizingly comfortable. The shoes are a little tighter.
