Does anyone have any thoughts or recommendations on these? A new riding season looms and nothing I did last season addressed my chronic foot falling asleep issue (including several bike fittings, new shoes, new cleats, new pedals, new insoles). I have come to the conclusion, since it seems to be creeping into my walking life in certain shoes now that I must have a nerve very vulnerable to pressure on the ball of the foot. Rather than go through another season of numbness followed by pain I thought I might sacrifice the power transfer advantages of cleats and go back to some sort of hard soled flat shoe and a regular pedal. Then I was reading that some triathletes now use the midfoot position under the arch and find it has little impact on their performance. This seems like a good middle ground for me. So all I have been able to find are (a) some german company making special shoes with midfoot cleat positions, unclear how much (obscenely expensive was mentioned) or whether available in north america since the website is in German apparently, or (b) switch pedals and cleats (hopefully won't need to switch shoes) to speedplays with an available adapter to move them back to midfoot or close thereto.

Anyone done this? Like or don't like one or the other? Have another solution? I think the idea of drilling new holes in my shoes is probably not feasible as I am less than handy but sending them to someone who will modify them for me is certainly an option. Right now have regular road spd cleats on (not eggbeaters, the larger triangles).