Numbness in toes

[Illa]

I had the same problem with numbness when I purchased my first pair of cycling shoes. I read somewhere that the cleats might need to be adjusted. I suspected that the cleats might be a bit too close to the toes, so I moved them back by about 2 mm. After that, the numbness went away and didn't return.

[Trek420]

thanks, and with that tip a hearty welcome to TE Surf on over to the Getting to Know You thread when you get a minute.

[BethG]

Dang. I went looking for a bike forum for advice about numbness/pain in my feet. Wearing Tahos. Hmmm.

(Knotted, supposedly the Taho's themselves have "tarsal buttons" - and I'm half wondering if that's part of the problem)

OTOH, I also had foot pain when riding in sneakers. That's why I bought the bike shoes (and clips to go with them) in the first place. I don't think it was as bad, but then I never rode as far.

I did 25 miles/40k yesterday, and started getting mild numbness almost from the start. By the halfway point it was getting uncomfortable, and by the end I felt like I had a horse standing on each foot. I finally pulled my feet out of the clips, and rode with the pedal under my arch, which felt a lot better.

Is it possible I just need the pedals to clip in further back on my foot?

[KnottedYet]

I tossed the sockliners my Tahos came with right from the start. I've got Superfeet in them. After having trouble with hotfoot I got met buttons added to the Superfeet.

Mind you, I've got *men's* Tahos, cuz the women's were way too narrow and set my hotfoot off right there in the store.