Cycling and foot position
nickel
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Was flicking through some bike setup articles online and came across one saying that some cyclists cycle with their foot pointed outwards or inwards but this is wrong and the foot shoot be perfectly straight.
This sounds like bollocks to me because when I cycle both feet are pointed outwards with my right foot pointing pointing so far outwards my heal brushes the crankarm slightly. When I first set up the cleats on my shoes (incorrectly!) I bolted them in dead straight which essentially 'pulled' my heal out so my feet were parallel to the crankarms. This gave me terrible pain after only a few miles so I readjusted them to allow my feet to adopt their natural position, and immediately the pain went.
Sorry for that ramble but what I'm basically asking is is there any truth in the article I read?
This sounds like bollocks to me because when I cycle both feet are pointed outwards with my right foot pointing pointing so far outwards my heal brushes the crankarm slightly. When I first set up the cleats on my shoes (incorrectly!) I bolted them in dead straight which essentially 'pulled' my heal out so my feet were parallel to the crankarms. This gave me terrible pain after only a few miles so I readjusted them to allow my feet to adopt their natural position, and immediately the pain went.
Sorry for that ramble but what I'm basically asking is is there any truth in the article I read?
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in short, no, there is no truth in it.
If everyone had the exact same perfect anatomy then yes that would be the case, the real world is far from it. As you experienced yourself, forcing yourself out of your 'natural' alignment caused you pain.
It may not be pretty, but stick with what you have.0 -
In the old days of nail-on cleat plates, the advise was to ride your pedals with the leather-soled shoes for a while until you see the 2 parallel marks of the pedal platform on the sole, then nail your cleat aligned to these marks. Automatic foot alignment guaranteed.0
