Anyone with experience of SPD Wedges?

CleeRider
CleeRider Posts: 304
edited April 2013 in Road general
I'm experiencing numbness on the outer 2 toes and the edge of my right foot after about 45mins on all rides. It seems that it's caused by my right leg pushing down most force on the outer edge of my foot rather than around the ball of the foot and I've read that cleat wedges could be the solution.

I've found these on eBay and wondered if these are a good choice of wedge - has anyone ordered these before?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksi ... e&_sacat=0
Are there any preferred brand/suppliers?

Would be great to hear from others who have solved this sort of problem... have you managed to retrain the body to pedal correctly or have wedges worked for you?

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  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    Your link doesn't work!
    I use these
    Before buying and trying the wedges, have you tried to loosen your shoes off!
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • CleeRider
    CleeRider Posts: 304
    hopper1 wrote:
    Your link doesn't work!
    I use these
    Before buying and trying the wedges, have you tried to loosen your shoes off!
    Yes shoes have been loosened.
    Did your wedges have an immediate affect?
    Guessing it takes some experimenting with the number of them and their positioning.
  • lef
    lef Posts: 728
    numbness or pain? if numbness it may not be wedging you need. This could even be pressure from your saddle cutting off circulation, from personal experience I seem to have had this from a couple of saddles, bizarre as it may sound. If it's pain from pressure then a varus wedge (or more) may help. However could be any or all of these things too
    shoes too narrow
    shoes too soft
    insufficient arch support - this is where you should start. Sort this out and you may not need any wedging. If you have greater arch support more of your foot will be applying the force so spreading the load.
    applying more force through the right leg
    mashing gears, spinning can help reduce
    I would stay away from Specialized footbeds, insufficient support in my opinion and also wedge inserts that go in the shoe fill the shoe up too much so go via the cleat or heel wedge route.

    I've posted something recently but I'll say it again, Steve Hogg has written some great articles on this. Read more here
    https://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/bl ... h-support/
    http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/blo ... 2-wedging/
  • lef
    lef Posts: 728
    ...and esoles are the best footbeds. expensive but they last ages and allow for experimentation as you can customise.

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