Big toe problem.
07-27-14 | 04:09 AM
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Big toe problem.
Hi All and thanks for the welcome.
I am 68 years young and switched from Fell walking to mountain( gentle) biking about a month ago due to type one diabetes .
Everything has been ok but I am having problems with my right big toe it's keeps getting bruised and sore on my longer rides.
I have not been wearing proper bike shoes and I wondered if this could be the source of the problem.
My left foot and toe are perfect no problems.
Any advice would be great.
yours
Paul Waterworth
I am 68 years young and switched from Fell walking to mountain( gentle) biking about a month ago due to type one diabetes .
Everything has been ok but I am having problems with my right big toe it's keeps getting bruised and sore on my longer rides.
I have not been wearing proper bike shoes and I wondered if this could be the source of the problem.
My left foot and toe are perfect no problems.
Any advice would be great.
yours
Paul Waterworth
07-27-14 | 06:32 AM
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Welcome to Bike Forums. After you visit the doc stop by the 50+ forum and say hello to the other old timers. I'm one of them. I'm 69. 
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The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. - Psalm 103:8
I am a cyclist. I am not the fastest or the fittest. But I will get to where I'm going with a smile on my face.
07-27-14 | 08:01 AM
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Welcome to BF and good luck with the foot thing! +1 on seeing a foot Dr asap---this isn’t something to play doctor with. When I got my “best bike” a few years ago, I got a pair of slap-in-the-face expensive, high end cycling shoes to go along with it. The price of the shoes was ghastly, but the shoes are great and I don’t regret having spent the money. My feet get a lot less beat up on by the longer distance rides when I’m wearing the big bucks shoes. I turn 68 in less than a week, I have advanced osteoarthritis and I’m the orthopedic surgeon’s dream case (having had many orthopedic surgeries to date), so this shoe pitch isn’t coming to you from some LBS Al Bundy...
