Fair points. It is dead of winter here (mostly doing indoor training), diet has been roughly the same. I may go back to the shop to have my feet re-measured and looked at. Will also look at insoles.
Could be COVID toes. Chilblain-like symptoms that increased in prevalence when COVID hit. I’ve had these symptoms multiple times since COVID (but have never tested positive for COVID).
I currently have these symptoms, and when I was riding today, I noted a similar sensation to what you describe above.
I’m having the same issues. I’ve swapped shoes and insoles with little help. I used to like any shoe now all my shoes have one issue or another.
I’m still wearing my Lake 241 but use a very thin sock and keep the bottom dial loose. Also, after tightening the upper dial I tap my heal to ensure my foot is furthest back then turn the dial again. Seems to help.
This happened to me, i did my first 100 mile race, found my two big toes were bruised and ultimately lost the nails. Has not happened before and I figured it was a lot of time out of the saddle and harder efforts for longer periods. On longer ride, I now tape my big toes and it has been fine !
I have shoe stretchers like these when I online purchased shoes that were a bit tight. I have to periodically re-do them as they do change with temp, humidity, especially after a wet race!
Continuing thread here - riding is pretty comfortable these days but have a sore / burning feel on outside of my left foot in between rides. Any tips and tricks to treat this to gradually improve this while continuing to be active (ice, topical cream, ibuprofen)?
What fixed my feet issues. Wide toe-box shoes (Lake), custom orthotics/ insoles (insurance covered) and regularly stretching my calves. The calf stretches came from my podiatrist as he mentioned tight calves can be a cause of my foot issues.
Do you feel your feet burning on the sides during the ride? Could also be clear set up. I’ve had so many foot issues I feel your pain. When this was happening to me I had a pair of lake 242 I think. Turned out the last just seemed to push up in that area which made my foot angry. Sounds like a new issue for you,though so maybe try to take notice of you are using your entire width of your foot when pedaling
Nah believe it or not my feet are basically fine during the ride. It’s the days in between I feel a moderate “burn” on the outer pad of my left foot, almost like a throbbing sensation.
I even feel it when I’m just sitting if I have sneakers on.
The area is calloused and there’s so sign of inflammation or blistering. It’s just a repetitive pressure thing that comes from being on bike 3-4 days/week. And since I’m not willing to stop riding I am trying to think if it’s setup or something I can do to soothe in between…
Since the CX-241 is not a carbon “bathtub” design, you have options. I had a similar problem with a pair of cycling shoes. I used a shoe tree: to stretch them right where the problem was. But I customized it. I balled-up some duct tape into an appropriate shape. Then I duct taped that on the shoe tree so that it would specifically stretch the shoe in the problem spot. Then I forced the shoe tree into the shoe and left it there for days. This was a couple of years ago and no problems with that shoe ever since.
to stretch them right where the problem was. But I customized it. I balled-up some duct tape into an appropriate shape. Then I duct taped that on the shoe tree so that it would specifically stretch the shoe in the problem spot. Then I forced the shoe tree into the shoe and left it there for days. This was a couple of years ago and no problems with that shoe ever since.