New shoes - sore feet - :(

joker77

Hi,

I recently purchased a new pair of shoes - Mavic Avenir - after much deliberation. They were 100 Euro in Cycle Surgery in Dundrum, 80 Euro cheaper than both the Mavic Pro Road and Sidi Ergo 2. The more expensive ones did feel a lot nicer on, but I couldn't justify the extra 80 quid.

The Avenir's are a size 9 (43 1/3) and they feel ok on. But after a few minutes cycling the outside of my foot starts to get a little sore. I didn't think they were too tight on, but in any case I loosed them a little but it didn't have much of an effect.

Is it just part of my foot getting used to them?

Would anyone have any tips on shoes, cleat position, breaking them in etc?

DirkVoodoo

Happened to me too, also Mavics. First spin I thought my feet were going to fall off.

It goes away.

My advice would be keep your spins short until you get used to them, you don't want to cause any long lasting damage.

joker77

Cheers Dirk. Have only used them 3 times so far - a 10km just to see what they were like and then 2 short spins - 40 and 30km. I'll be heading out in the morning with Orwell with the step up group, am a little apprehensive over the shoes. I'll adjust the cleats again - can't seem to get the left one right, and that foot is hurting more than the right.

Junior

It could be that your riding on the outside of your foot, are they carbon soled ? I can never get cleat position right, it's a long trial and error system. I found that my carbon soled shoes took about 3 months to break in..

joker77

Think it's a composite sole - "Energy Race 2D Outsole - The bi-density nylon and glassfibre outsole assures stiffness and comfort for great racing performance."

Lumen

If in doubt, move cleats towards midsole. This will generally reduce the forces going through your foot.

joker77

Moved the left one a little last night, and started off with the shoes a little looser this morning. I think that's most of it sorted - they felt fine, was out for 89kms with no problem.

The outside of the right foot is a little sore now after getting off the bike, walking on it I mean, might need to adjust that one slightly again.

Happy though - was starting to worry a little that the shoes would have to be returned / sold on.

thebouldwhacker

I had a simular issue with my right foot, I losened the bottom strap (closest to the little piggies) a tiny bit and concentrated on even pedal pressure from the inside and outside of my foot, I think it was a combination of the two as it seemed to sort it. Best of luck!