I've been visiting this forum for a few months now and finally decided to join. I am new to cycling. I just bought my first "nice" bike in March. It's a Trek WSD 7.2 in baby blue. I absolutely love it. I decided to start riding for a number of reasons; the two biggest being: 1. I was approaching the end of homeschooling my children (just graduated my youngest last month), and was looking for something to do for ME. 2. A dear friend, who is 70 years old, inspired me to get on a bike and ride the C&O canal with her on a 4 day charity ride she does every July.

I am pretty comfortable on my bike now. We live in a rural area, but there is a beautiful bike path right near my neighborhood. I regularly ride 10 - 15 miles when I go out, and try to do 20 once a week. There is a good mix of hills and flats on my route.

I have recently had a problem on my right foot, where my big toe and the next one will go numb about 6-7 miles into my ride. I am adjusting how I sit as needed, but it doesn't completely go away unless I get off the bike and walk around for a few minutes. I haven't moved to clipless pedals yet and right now I ride in tennis shoes on regular pedals. I try to keep my foot position so that the ball of my foot is pushing the pedal. There is no other numbness in my leg, only in those 2 toes.

My husband thinks it's time for me to move to clipless and that will solve the problem. His theory is that since I've become better at pedaling, I'm trying to pedal clipless without the equipment and it's putting pressure on my foot to keep the shoe in place. I'm not sure.

So that's a little about me. I'd welcome any ideas on what might be causing the numbness and how to adjust to make it stop. Thanks.