david baker

You might try putting the cleat mounted to the bottom of your shoe as far
towards the heel as it can go. This helped me for knee pain.
Just a hunch but it's easy to try.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth May"
To: "OBRA"
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:25 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Foot cramps

> All,
> I thought I'd mine to collective knowledge of this group.
>
> Whenever I ride for more than 1.5 hours, my feet start to cramp up. It's
> bearable while I'm on the bike (mainly), but as soon as I remove my shoes
> at home, I can hardly stand sock-footed, until the cramps subside. It has
> been bad enough that I've had to stop riding and massage my feet before I
> could continue riding. The cramps are on the outside of the foot from
> about the base of the small toe, down back to the end of the arch.. It
> gets worse to longer I ride. As might also stand to reason, they are worse
> the harder I ride (20-25mph). I've only noticed this riding on the road,
> but I don't do much mountain biking at the moment.
>
> I've been riding and racing in Specialized shoes for years and have always
> liked them. My current shoe is 3 or 4 years old, but I have the same
> problem in my newer set of shoes as well (both are specialized pro). This
> is not, say, plantar fasciitis (which I've had, feels totally different).
> Since this is non-chronic and so specific to an activity, I haven't felt
> like it's something I should take to a podiatrist. Perhaps I'm wrong.
>
> As another variable, I am (to be polite) a heavier rider (do you have a
> double, extra heavy duty, clydesdale category?). This likely is a
> contributing factor.
>
> I'm planning some nice long rides on 101 this summer and would like to
> enjoy them. Anyone out there experienced similar problems? How did you
> solve them?
>
> Thanks
> Seth
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