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racing shoes with very rear cleat position
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Due to a recently recovered achilles tendenitis I am supposed not to stretch my achilles too much. Therefore I'm looking for a racing shoe (or a combination between shoe/pedal system) with either a very flexible cleat position or one where the cleats can be attached very far back. I plan to gradually move the cleat from the rear to propre front position as I get more into shape. Thank you for any advice! Sam |
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racing shoes with very rear cleat position
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Hello Due to a recently recovered achilles tendenitis I am supposed not to stretch my achilles too much. Therefore I'm looking for a racing shoe (or a combination between shoe/pedal system) with either a very flexible cleat position or one where the cleats can be attached very far back. I plan to gradually move the cleat from the rear to propre front position as I get more into shape. Thank you for any advice! Sam Many SPD shoes have two cleat positions on a sliding attachment. Using the rear most position on my Pearl Izumi (MTB) shoes puts the cleat so far back that I had to trim the rubber quit a bit to avoid it hitting the pedal axel. Pearl sells the same shoes in a road version called Vortex but others will probably work as well. |
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racing shoes with very rear cleat position
sam wrote:
Hello Due to a recently recovered achilles tendenitis I am supposed not to stretch my achilles too much. Therefore I'm looking for a racing shoe (or a combination between shoe/pedal system) with either a very flexible cleat position or one where the cleats can be attached very far back. I plan to gradually move the cleat from the rear to propre front position as I get more into shape. Thank you for any advice! Sam Hi Sam, Have you seen: http://tinyurl.com/ftxo9 and http://tinyurl.com/hn6m9 My sports physician agrees that these eccentric calf exercises really do work in many cases. I had a chronic achilles tendon injury (both sides) many years ago (1973-1977) and calf stretching cured it almost overnight. I think I was unknowingly doing a light form of these eccentric exercise as I stretched. I now do a few eccentric calf exercises when I stretch before a ride as a preventative measure. If you aren't doing these exercises now, you should start with a few reps and build up very slowly. Hope this helps. Martin Disclaimer: I am not a medical doctor etc -- Removed z before replying by email. |
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racing shoes with very rear cleat position
sam wrote: Hello Due to a recently recovered achilles tendenitis I am supposed not to stretch my achilles too much. Therefore I'm looking for a racing shoe (or a combination between shoe/pedal system) with either a very flexible cleat position or one where the cleats can be attached very far back. I plan to gradually move the cleat from the rear to propre front position as I get more into shape. Thank you for any advice! Sam I use Sidi which have an extra threaded hole toward the heel. I'm not sure what kind of cleat it is there for. But I use X2 Speedplays and turn the 3-hole first layer around backwards. That puts it about 1" minimum farther back than normal. The next layers will fit onto that, but there is no in-out adjustment left (one pair of holes is wider than the other). This works for me to get the cleats back. The only issue is that there is a jump (the 1" I mentioned) in turning them back around, rather than infinite adjustability. Another poster mentioned mountain bike shoes. It appears to me that mtn shoe / cleat combinations are typically farther to the rear than road shoes, so going mtn alone may do the trick for you. David |
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