Recumbent Cold Feet?

On 14 Aug 2005 15:39:46 GMT, Alistair Gunn <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Are your shoes tight?

I ride [not that often, but several 60 mile + trips] a swb similiar to
the SM, similiar in seat/ BB height anyway, and I've not had any
problems. BUT...I've certainly read plenty of reports of people that
do, and they've often been resolved by riding a bike with a slightly
lower BB in relation to the seat. You could check your shoes, ankle
movements when pedalling [in that, consciously moving your ankles to
facilitate blood flow] etc..but after that it might be a case of
trying a different bike.

Garry

Alistair Gunn said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Try loosening the straps / laces on your shoes. This is where two /
three velcro straps come in handy, you can adjust the pressure on the
foot in different places.

But I don't get cold feet on the bent so this might all be rubbish! ;-)

Jon

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Quoted message said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Yes, it's worse on high BB bikes than low. Make sure your shoes are
not too tight, take care not to over-extend the boom, and wear thick
socks in winter. Actually I bought a pair of Northwave Fahrenheit
boots for winter, which are fantastic.

Guy
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Alistair Gunn said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Probably, though it doesn't get me. In fact, since I find the soles of
my footwear are a bit more windproof than the uppers (especially on the
sandals!) I actually get warmer feet on the SMGT than the upwrongs.

Having followed the ankling thread about bloodflow stimulation rather
than efficiency as a point for it, you might like to try that.

Pete.
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Quoted message said:

Alistair Gunn said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Probably, though it doesn't get me. In fact, since I find the soles of my
footwear are a bit more windproof than the uppers (especially on the
sandals!) I actually get warmer feet on the SMGT than the upwrongs.

Having followed the ankling thread about bloodflow stimulation rather than
efficiency as a point for it, you might like to try that.

/me too. Ppl on the Dun run were wondering whether I had cold toes in my
Shimano sandals, nope.

Peter Clinch said:

Alistair Gunn said:

Does anyone else have problems with their toes getting really rather cold
when riding a 'bent? It seems to happen to me after about 1 hour on my
Streetmachine, and as it doesn't seem to matter what the temperature is I
guess it's due to lack of blood flow to my feet?

Quoted message said:

Probably, though it doesn't get me. In fact, since I find the soles of
my footwear are a bit more windproof than the uppers (especially on the
sandals!) I actually get warmer feet on the SMGT than the upwrongs.

Quoted message said:

Having followed the ankling thread about bloodflow stimulation rather
than efficiency as a point for it, you might like to try that.

I suffer more from numb toes than from cold toes, which certainly points
to bloodflow. The BB of the Fiero is a bit higher than on the SMGT.
Loosening my shoes and some attention to moving my feet do indeed help, as
suggested before. And getting off the bike regularly for tea and cakes 🙂

Btw, I have had the same thing on an upright, so maybe it's more generally
poor design in blood supply than the type of bike. Especially when I was
using the nice pink cycling shoes I bought in the sale that were slightly
too small for me 🙂

Roos