Heat moldable Insoles for Cycling?

[lgibster]

Hey Ladies,

I have foot problems and my LBS has suggested that I might try heat moldable footbeds for my cycling shoes. I wear custom footbeds in my everyday shoes and they have helped greatly. They have two available insoles in stock. They have a Sidas Flashfit Bike + and a Sole Slim Sport. Does anyone have any experience with either of these insoles or do you have another heat moldable insole that you like? I have been using the Specialized BG blue and it helps but still have problems on longer 35 mile+ rides. I am currently trying Superfeet (yellow) insoles for cycling and not sure how they are working yet since I haven't been able to ride much lately. I mostly ride my road bike and usually do charity rides and a few races. I am working toward a metric or full century. Thanks for the help!

[Irulan]

I got custom insoles for my ski boots and it made a world of difference.

[ny biker]

I like the Louis Garneau heat-moldable insoles. I don't think they really change very much during the molding process, but I find them comfortable.

I tried the ones from Shimano and wound up with bad cramping in my calf muscles.

[shootingstar]

I would be going straight to a podiatrist, particularly with experience with sport based, custom orthotics.

I've had to wear custom orthotics in all my shoes (except for dress shoes which just doesn't work. That's okay for 4-5 hrs. of wear and not walking extensively much at all. ie. at a party.) and boots for the last 20 years. I wear them for snowshoeing, cycling, hiking, etc. If I don't wear any for a few consecutive days, my feet are in pain after only 15 min. of walking. I will have to wear orthotics for the rest of my life.

[Crankin]

I tried one brand a few years ago, which did nothing but make my cycling shoes so tight, they went in the garbage.
Flash forward to 2 years ago. I got the new, Shimano road shoes, which are heat moldable. That is, the whole shoe and the innersole. The heat molding of the shoe was OK, but the innersoles, again were so tight, I had to take them out and go get a pair of the thinnest Superfeet ones at the Goodfeet store. Voila, perfection. There was no need for anything fancy. I basically can barely stand anything in my shoes,including socks. Getting the Shimano shoes to replace my Sidis, though made a huge difference, because of the wide toe box.

[Owlie]

I've never done heat-mold ones. I used to use the Specialized green insoles, but they didn't work. Then I a) switched shoes (Specialized to Mavic, though I still use the Specs with my CX bike), and b)switched insoles to a set from Pearl Izumi that came with multiple shim things so you can independently "tune" arch support and whatever-it's-called under the toes. It took a little tweaking, and I really should take sandpaper to the left one to bring it down a bit, but it's pretty close.