Need Advice: Sidi Doms or Genisis 5???

[zoom-zoom]

Smitty, are you sure your shoes aren't too small/narrow? I had to sell my Doms...I kept getting numb, pinched toes. Eventually I started having nerve damage on my larger/wider right foot (in the form of a deep itching sensation that only went away once I switched to a significantly wider men's LG shoe). If your numb issues are from a shoe that is too narrow, then I would HIGHLY recommend against any Sidi women's shoe. And unless you have a really wide heel I don't imagine that the men's version would work, either. I had issues with heel slip on my Sidis. I have duck feet, though.

[smittykitty]

Thanks for the quick responses ladies. I'm petite and don't have wide feet, size 6 avg. width. My current shoes aren't loose by any means, but don't feel too narrow either. They feel more like there is pressure coming from cleat area.

[pinsonp2]

The Specialized footbeds (http://www.specialized.com/us/en/bc/...1009&scid=1137) worked for me when the Superfeet did not. You might look into those.

Good Luck,
P2

[Wahine]

If you came to me at my clinic and said the same things you've said here these are the possible causes/hypotheses I would have:

1) You could maybe relieve the pressure by moving your cleat back as far as possible
2) Your calves might be tight, forcing you to flex more through your fore foot instead of your ankle during your pedal stroke
3) Your pedal stroke may be uneven and doing some one legged drills would help to figure that out
4) It may not even be just your feet, or even your feet at all, it could have a lot to do with your lower back and hips

Does any of this strike a cord with you? If you like the Candies, I would explore some of these other options first before switching and I would try the specialized BG inserts as well.

If you are tiny, your cranks will have your feet positioned outward relative to your hips more that the average person and that makes you collapse inward at the foot. The Specialized BG inserts have a forefoot wedge that helps with this. You could also more your cleat as far to the outside of your shoe as possible (moving your feet inward). I'm not that familiar with the cleats so I'm not sure if that is possible. If it isn't, I think there may be a model of the Candy pedal that has a shorter pedal axel, but it's the really expensive racer version.

[Biciclista]

but there is no reason to switch to road shoes. Many of us road bike riders swear by Sidi Dominant MTB shoes! You still have to walk sometimes and that is REALLY important to me.

[Wahine]

I just talked to my BF who is a bike industry sort and he says that there may be a shorter pedal axle that you can get for the eggbeaters and he thinks that they work for the candies as well.

[Veronica]

I wish you lived in the SF Bay Area Wahine.

Veronica