ISO new insoles

[ny biker]

Your first time out in them was a long ride? If so, that may be part of the problem. My SuperFeet recommended starting slow/short, and then building up. Your feet have to get used to them.

My first ride with them was a short ride (for me), about 90 minutes of hills. The next ride was 50 miles.

[indysteel]

I've worn these for a few years now in my SIDIs with good luck. Sadly, they didn't eliminate the horrible hot foot that I suffer from, but they reduced the severity of it. Oddly enough, I get the most relief from a repeated application of tiger balm on my right big toe. Go figure. Anyway the SOLEs were a vast improvement over the stock SIDI footbed.

[nscrbug]

I use what Indysteel is using...the Soles Thin Sport insole. Seems to be working okay for me.

[pll]

I used Specialized insoles in my old MTB Lake shoes and had no problem. In my Sidis, I am using eSoles and I like them quite a bit. You can choose the arch and they seem 'fresher' than the Specialized ones. For my running shoes, I like Powerstep insoles. I have been using those for more than 10 years now.

I've used Superfeet in walking shoes and they did not work for me.

[Crankin]

I have both Shimano mtb and road shoes. The road shoes are the heat moldable ones. I had the whole thing done at the LBS and owie. The innersoles were way too thick for me. I can't tolerate anything that makes my shoes feel tighter. I rode around with foot pain for a week, then went back and complained. She told me to take the inner soles out and ride with nothing, and then slowly ease into using them. I did not follow her advice. Instead I put the crumbling old innersoles from my Sidis in there (thinner than thin) as a temporary fix, and then got the extremely thin Superfeet liners for the shoes. They are perfect. While I appreciate the wider toe box of the Shimano shoes, I think the whole heat moldable thing is an expensive scam. The mtb shoes I use with the Frog pedals are not heat moldable, but had a major issue with metal pins sticking up through the sole and pressing on my feet. It was excruciating, the LBS thought I was crazy, but DH found the problem and fixed them. They, thankfully came with very thin liners.
Sometimes, I think I shouldn't wear socks. Even the thinnest ones bother me on long rides.