So, I have been having trouble with a hotspot on 50+ mile rides. Looking for a very thin, moldable footbed that will fit in a cycling shoe without taking up much volume. Can anyone advise?
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So, I have been having trouble with a hotspot on 50+ mile rides. Looking for a very thin, moldable footbed that will fit in a cycling shoe without taking up much volume. Can anyone advise?
Can’t speak to the cycling side of it, but I really like my SOLE footbeds. And they have a couple Thin models.
That said, I can’t help thinking it’s the shoe. Where’s the hotspot?
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On the outside right, basically just in front of the middle of my foot. If my foot were a car, basically where the b pillar separates the front door from the back door.
I hope that makes sense.
Couple of thoughts. Specialized sells footbeds:
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bo...tbeds/p/130590
As an alternative and if we're talking road shoes, I have Bont shoes where the whole of the shoe goes into the oven and then molds to your foot.
https://bontcycling.com/items/support/heat-molding.html
They're obviously very comfortable.
That was my thought tooQuote:
Originally Posted by jm2e
Shoe isn’t stiff enough
I've been using SOLE Softec Ultras in my Giro Privateers for a little over a year. Took a few rides to get the shoe to fit right but I've had no issues with hot spots since then. Several 200km brevets completed and a couple 12-hour bikepacking days with zero feet issues.
What shoe and what pedal? If SPD or similar small cleat, is this on a road bike?
The only time I notice hot spot pressure in a bike shoe is if I am trying to use a softer sole shoe on a small cleat (SPD), on road rides. This was with a lace up Shimano shoe that's more of a casual ride shoe, on a touring bike, with a small SPD pedal. I switched to using a larger SPD pedal (A520 - like a one sided Trail pedal) and the pressure went away.
On stiff sole road shoes with large cleats (Look), I can't feel anything through the sole of the shoe.
Actually, it’s the opposite. It’s a very stiff road shoe with a shimano road cleat that gives me the problem. I rode two centuries this year on the gravel bike with mt bike shoes (terraduros) and spd’s With no pain whatsoever. I pretty much only get cost on Giro, so I would like to try a few things with these shoes first before ditching them, but I will if I have to. There is nowhere local to try on many different shoes, unfortunately.
My Giro Empire road shoes came with a nice footbed with three different arch supports that velcro in. That said, they're not super comfortable yet. I don't ride road that much and they might just need to break in more. I usually get along with all Giro shoes but sometimes they need to break in before they're comfortable.
I used my custom footbeds from my ski boots in XC shoes one season and it was awesome but they got pretty beat up in there. They're expensive and I need them more in my ski boots. Found that the off-the-shelf Superfeet in blue work well enough for me in MTB shoes. They run about $25 so I can afford to put them in multiple pairs of shoes. Superfeet make a higher end cork one that's conformable that would prolly be better. Bottom line though, custom will always be the end-all-be-all. Of course you're gonna pay a lot for those. The cheaper options are worth a shot and may work for you but if you have real problems custom would be worth it IMO.
I have some that I had made 15 years ago when I rode longer distances/time. Superfeet Holofiber. Heat molded; unweighted. Super comfortable and durable.
Doubt they’re doing them any more. Can likely get similar results from reg, low volume Superfeet insole (carbon?)
I have an old pair of cork foot beds made back when I alpined, had no need for them when I switched to tele (weren't made to be bent). A few years back I put them in my biking shoes and they work great.
There used to be a really thin custom Footbed called a Peterson bio-skate. Some of the Buck Hill Minnesota ski racers used them because they were real low volume. I don't know if these are made any more but you could check with hockey shops that do custom work.
The foot has three arches, putting a little support under the anterior transverse arch (runs l to R under ball of our foot) prevents splat and splay of the toes, sounds like that would help narrow up your foot just a touch and provide the support needed. I have Aline insoles i use in my nordic boots, use custom footbeds in my alpine, and use nothing in my cycling shoes, as the Alines take up a little too much volume. I think a thin superfeet or sole should help, and the BG specialized insoles are good.