[Muddy]

Anyone tried these w/ riding shoes? Have not had any bike fitter recommendation for them, and have to doubt these being widely popular w/ mountain riding.
Getting back in the gym has alot of new activity w/ light weight and being on my feet, recent gravel sprints had foot position options set it. Am not riding in pain at all, just wondering about smoother power output.

 

[jonKranked]

I would think it would risk your heel falling out of the shoe, which would be counterproductive if you're chasing watts.

I know there are some xc shoes that have a contoured/ arch sole like road shoes.

 

[Muddy]

Not for lifting the heal but to offset slight pronation - where the foot wants to rotate inward, or supination - rotation outward. Heel wedge but under a side to varying height.

On the bike it's something to do with bettering alignment ontop of the pedal stroke as opposed to even wear patterns to everyday shoes. Improvements in overall balance as a final product.

 

[Westy]

Seems impractical, but you do you.

 

[4xBoy]

Shimano shoes have adjustable height arch support in some shoes.

Bananas have potassium.

 

[Muddy]

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Seems impractical, but you do you.

Shame ain't no thing.

 

[Muddy]

Shimano shoes have adjustable height arch support in some shoes.

Bananas have potassium.

Arch support is something entirely separate. In my situation am seeking more even weight through the pedals. At one point was micro-adjusting some Northwave shoes but had to stop after fracturing my foot. Have not been able to go back to those insoles.

 

[Sandwich]

Have not experimented with heel wedges (yet). I have bont shoes which fit wonderfully, then got some icebug insoles per steve hoggers recommendations. They feel awesome and my foot feels linked to my shoe, which is pretty neat. I messed around with cleat wedges for a while (road shoe) but never heel wedges for road.

Hogg recommends heel wedges on mtn shoes because cleat wedges apparently don't really work with SPDs, which have a lot sole-pedal face connection- that's something that's better on the road where 100% of the contact is between cleat and pedal, not sole and pedal. I tried out cleat wedging and found that I never got to a point where I was like "holy crap, this is better". At best, it was marginal improvements, and often times I was trying it out and walking backwards. I think the best I found was double shimming my left leg which was marginally shorter than my right, but I took those out and am still pretty happy with cleat and foot position, so I dunno.

I guess if you feel like you've got knee pain or inside/outside foot pain, it could be worth a shot, but I've found myself going back to a pretty generic setup despite being a fairy princess of bike fit

 

[Muddy]

For the dropbar bikes I am dialed in and in good positions for each. I've got slight pronation by default, no joint pain. But would like to see what improvements can be had toward muscle overuse in regards to stabilizer-duties as opposed to propulsion.

 

[Sandwich]

For the dropbar bikes I am dialed in and in good positions for each. I've got slight pronation by default, no joint pain. But would like to see what improvements can be had toward muscle overuse in regards to stabilizer-duties as opposed to propulsion.

Is this for the MTB or those roadies?

 

[Muddy]

Is this for the MTB or those roadies?

'tham Roadies. Went to Robinson St. Park in MA to get some spinning on the trail bike and, w/ flats I'm never holding my feet on the pedals as I would on the rd or grvl setups. Sometimes on the outside of the shoecap, hovering a bit, etc.

All the same saddles, all the same pedal except for the gravel bike. Is my guess this is not a thing so will experiment on myself into the coming season.