Help, toe numbness, tried everything

on-yer-bike

I suffer from numbness in my left toes when I'm riding. It comes on after about 10 miles and gets worse. It goes immediately I stop riding. I have had custom footbeds made and wedges put under the cleats at Cyclefit (SICI) and bought different shoes but nothing has worked. Has anybody had /got a similar problems and know of a cure?

teagar

I have similar problems. I find streching my hamstring well before I ride makes it come on a bit slower. I find I gets much worse when I put an effort in... Can't help you with a solution though.

Dunkeldog

Sorry if this sounds obvious but I had this problem a while back. Solved it by only using one notch on the ratchet of my shoes and leaving the velcro completely slack. I know - -obvious answer but it works a treat for me even on three hour plus rides.

joeyhalloran

Duneldog, one point, while doing this do your shoes still really 'fit'? if you pull up on the pedals are your feeting moving arond alot?

El Imbatido

Try This link
http://www.cptips.com/footsyn.htm

I tried as it said to move my cleats a couple of mm to the rear and it worked pretty good. Plus also as said above, i also only have my shoes on the loosest ratchet and the velcro straps really loose. I find my foot moves a tiny bit but it is a whole lot more comfortable.

Gav888

I had, and sometimes still get the same, at first it was all the time and I found changing my socks and cleat position and loosening my straps helped no end, I still get numb toes at times but I tend to lift my foot in the shoe a bit on the downhills, that solves the problem.

justresting

Brilliant !!! I'v been getting numb toes after about 8 miles since I came back to cycling a year ago, I did my shoes up slightly looser than normal ( velcro, on Specialised mtb shoes I'm afraid ) just got in after 38 mls, no numbness at all. So simple why didn't it occur to me ??? :oops: