Regarding your shoes and toe pain...look into getting a stiffer cycling shoe. By this, I mean a more rigid-soled one. The Tahoe, if I recall correctly, is quite flexible for a cycling shoe. When I first started cycling, I wore a cycling shoe that was too flexible and constantly got toe pain, hot spots, burning and numb feet, etc. When I switched to a more rigid shoe, a good majority of those issues went away.