Another Midsole Cleat
A few days ago I suggested that if you use bike shoes with a midsole cleat you could send me a picture. I'll post some of them. Here is one from reader Jill Fry along with her comments (posted with her permission). The shoes appear to be Biomac with custom cleat placement. Biomac shoes are described here. Here are Jill's comments on her shoes:
I got these in Oct of this year. Riding in these shoes is NOTHING like riding with the cleats pushed back, completely different feel. My first ride out I was really worried about whether or not I was going to like them, they felt so different. I stuck with it , kept riding in them and after a while they felt 'normal' to me. One of the hardest things to get used to was clipping in! I notice a huge difference in the amount of work my calves are doing when I ride especially on the hills, I feel like they’re hardly working . An Achilles injury that I had been trying to get rid of for months went away within a couple weeks after I started wearing these shoes. I had taken a considerable amount of time off so I didn’t put my power meter on the bike when I first started riding. With all the time off I don’t think comparing with old data would have told me anything . I just started riding with the power meter again, it will be interesting to see the numbers once I get my fitness back and start racing again.
Labels: cleat position, midsole
posted by Joe Friel @ 4:50 PM
7 Comments
7 Comments:
Interestingly, I have pretty big calves. Perhaps I shouldn't even consider...
Hey Tim--I'd guess your calves aren't as big as your quads. Right? If they are (or if they are even bigger) then you certainly would want to figure out some way to use them. But if they are smaller 9and less powerful) then all you are using them for is to stabilize your ankle. And they still are the weak link in driving the pedal down.
Perhaps mid-sole position is not far enough?
http://www.roadcyclinguk.com/training/breakthrough-in-pedalling-dynamics/3936.html
shane84--I recently got some Pearlizumi MTB shoe covers that fit just right.
DeFeet makes some covers that can be made to work. They are designed to be cut with scissors. Just be careful when cutting beyond the reinforced seam.
Nikolai, that was a rather good April's fool.
No worries, midfoot is far enough and except from lowering your seat post by approx. 35mms(!) which in turn improves other features on the bike as well it can be easily applied by all cyclists.
I am using the biomac shoes since 2months. I thought, that after 20 years of cycling, my movements were that economic. But after using the biomacs, I felt totally fresh on the bike. My heartrate is lowered by 10-12 beats at the same wattage!!!
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