Aline anyone?

[tongue_tied]

Anyone use the Aline soles for their cycling shoes? Likes/dislikes? Rants/raves? Anything??

[mayanorange]

I went and checked these out at a local store because I was intrigued. As an insole (with no extra buttons), I'd say they're great, except they were really thick, so would never fit in my cycling shoes. Just for fun (because I study biomechanics and structural function for exercise) I had the guy 'align' me. I'm sorry, but if I had actually followed their directions, I'd have broken my knees- I have offset knees, so correcting them to straight makes them bend in a very wrong way. As a biomechanist, I'd caution you to use the amount of correction they recommend. Minor adjustments to compensate for minor things like a higher arch than their sole should be okay.

[ridebikeme]

I do use them in my cycling shoes, and love them. In fact, I have them in my baclkpacking boots, and my every day shoes.

I'm sure that everyone is a bit different in terms of the adjustment, but I can truthfully say that I've used them with hundreds of customers. I do custom ski boot work in the offseason, and have used them in the ski industry a lot. I've also used them on backpackers, and in fact one that hiked the entire AT! So I feel very confident in them and would definitely recommend them!!

[Aggie_Ama]

I love my A-line insoles! I wear them in my Sidi road shoes and it made a world of difference. I used to have horrible foot and knee pain but after a proper bike fitting including the fitter's recommendation of these I am a happy pedaler. If you search A-line insoles or Aline you will find my thread on how at first they hurt but after the proper break in I am a believer. They recommend easing into orthos, which I believe in because the first ride was awful but now no problems. I have had them nearly two years.

My issue was I have very high arches and the shoes were not properly accomodating this without the insoles. I believe Superfeet makes an insole that would also help my issues. We also did a cleat adjustment.

[liberty]

I've used them in my cycling shoes for about 2 years now. They worked great up until this winter. I started to have knee pain again, and through hashing it out at the chiropractor's (who happens to be a triathlete), we determined it was my knee's normal tendency to rotate out on climbs. He checked out my shoes, saw the shoes were beginning to "bend" a bit outward. He had me take out the insoles because Alines do have a little bend towards the outside of the foot. Have ridden three times without the insoles and the knee is doing much better, plus my average speed has increased. I do intend to hang on to the Alines for when I buy new shoes. I did like them. Think my issue was more the shoes than the insoles... However I'm just tossing this out there for input's sake.