Originally Posted by
pacificcyclist
One of the most common injuries (walking and running) nowadays are not attributed to stiff overbuilt shoes that has pronation control, but rather it is caused by bare foot running and walking. The Vibram 5 fingers (VFF) and the likes are minimal shoes and since your feet aren't accustomed to walking or running bare, you'll likely end up with a multitude of injuries like ruptured Achilles Tendon, torn calve muscles etc as well as stress fractures which takes a long long time to heal.
I don't have any statistical evidence but can say that this is exactly what happened to me. I began running in Vibrams to train for an upcoming race, and was building my mileage gradually, but still managed to tear a calf muscle. That put me out of commission for close to six months, since I reinjured it a couple of times thinking it was better.
That's kind of what got me back into cycling, though, since I couldn't run for a while...
