Well, 2 weeks with my new (to me) V-Rex and I'm just elated! My perenium is overjoyed, as are my palms, wrists, and neck! But wait... is that a complaint I hear?
Ever since I started riding this recumbent I've found that I have achy arches after a couple of miles of riding. I'm using the same shoes/pedals/cleat adjustment as I previously had on my DF bike, but my whole feet just ache mostly centered around the arches! I find that I have to pedal with my heels in order to keep going on.
I've been wondering if I should move my cleats back a little bit, or if I maybe should add some more arch support to the shoes...
Info: Specialized Rockhopper shoes (size 14) Speedplay Frogs w/ 1/2" longer spindles Shoe mounting bracket ground down to allow the bracket to rotate enough to ride in a natural feeling position (toe out) Insoles added to shoes for some arch support, though not major
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Info: Specialized Rockhopper shoes (size 14) Speedplay Frogs w/ 1/2" longer spindles Shoe mounting bracket ground down to allow the bracket to rotate enough to ride in a natural feeling position (toe out) Insoles added to shoes for some arch support, though not major
Rex on a Rex! I love it!
My recommendation: move the cleats as far back as they'll go and then get some custom insoles. Big feet (I have size 13) rarely get the arch support they need. I got mine from Rocket7: rocket7.comrocket7.comOpen ↗ . They've cured my crappy arches.
Take a look at superfeet.comsuperfeet.comOpen ↗ . They make a pair for cycling. I have sixe 13 (euro size 47) and seriously flat feet. They support my feet.
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Well, 2 weeks with my new (to me) V-Rex and I'm just elated! My perenium is overjoyed, as are my palms, wrists, and neck! But wait... is that a complaint I hear?
Ever since I started riding this recumbent I've found that I have achy arches after a couple of miles of riding. I'm using the same shoes/pedals/cleat adjustment as I previously had on my DF bike, but my whole feet just ache mostly centered around the arches! I find that I have to pedal with my heels in order to keep going on.
I've been wondering if I should move my cleats back a little bit, or if I maybe should add some more arch support to the shoes...
Info: Specialized Rockhopper shoes (size 14) Speedplay Frogs w/ 1/2" longer spindles Shoe mounting bracket ground down to allow the bracket to rotate enough to ride in a natural feeling position (toe out) Insoles added to shoes for some arch support, though not major
How's your leg extension? When I first started riding my 'bent, I set my seat so that my knee was bent, at full extension, about the same amount as it had been on an upright. This gave me lots of little aches and pains. I moved the seat forward a bit so that my knee was bent a bit more at full extension (but I can still straighten it to 'lock' and rest, by dropping my heel at a coast) and this took care of a lot of foot aches.
