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07-14-08, 03:51 PM
So after lots of reading on here I'm blown away about how the smallest changes can make such HUGE difference in ride comfort. Last weekend I raised my seat about 1cm and found I was getting a lot more power to the pavement. I also added clipless pedals last weekend (not the same day as raising the seat). I've put about 100 miles since adding the pedals and found on longer rides the outside of my left foot was starting to hurt. It would start hurting around 15 miles in and then around 25 miles it was def hurting. My right foot wasn't though. This weekend before I went out I looked at my shoes carefully, i notiched the right cleat was forward maybe 2mm of where they left was. I moved the left cleat up, went for a 20 miles ride and bam, perfect comfort. Crazy how such small changes make such huge differences.
I guess I wanted to share this because esp with the pedals I was concerned that my shoes were the culprit which isn't something cheap to fix (aka didn't want to have to go buy new shoes when I JUST bought these). Some testing here and there can really make your ride that much more comfortable.
And yes there's a typo in the title which i noticed after submitting, which apparently you can't change.
I guess I wanted to share this because esp with the pedals I was concerned that my shoes were the culprit which isn't something cheap to fix (aka didn't want to have to go buy new shoes when I JUST bought these). Some testing here and there can really make your ride that much more comfortable.
And yes there's a typo in the title which i noticed after submitting, which apparently you can't change.