Anybody use the plastic wedges that put a cant in your cleat? I’m a fairly pronounced supinator and i wonder if these things would help my pedal stroke.
I’ve noticed that with my Time pedals, if i try to click-in straight down it’s a little difficult, but if I cant my feet I click right in.
When I run, I wear down the outer edges of my shoes.
Curious if these gidgets really make a difference.
I am an overpronator (or pornator depends on your perspective;) ) and I use my orthotics. It works albeit not great in transition.
yes, I use them on all of my shoes (Shimano), they seem to help align the foot better
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Check out a fitter that knows how to put them together correctly. If you want to get real serious, The Bicycle Ranch in Scottsdale, AZ has a place that does custom insoles. I know they have fit Hincapie and most of the F-1 drivers. The Le Wedge will be much cheaper, though.
Russ Bolig makes custom orthoptics for Lance and is excellent. I’m not sure of his contact information, but he does work closely with Andy Pruitt of the Boulder Center for Sportsdmedicine, so he could be contactd through them.
I have had a lot of luck with the wedges, for a less expensive solution for many athetes, and the Look CX7 pedal is adjustable. Though more expensive than the wedges, it is a slightly better solution for those with heavy pronation/supination problems because it adjusts without increasing the stack height and therefore rocking torque.
We have found power increases of up to 15 watts at LT using the wedges to correct.
Ken
I use them. They were a bitch to find here, and eventually I found one shop that had an opened package of them somewhere in their back room.
I’m an overponator, and what it helped do was eliminate the dead spot on the outside of my foot that I got after long rides. The pain was crippling, but the Le Wedge things have pretty much almost entirely gotten rid of the pain.
I started using them this spring and I went from seriously considering giving up cycling because of foot pain to not thinking about my feet at all. (I also started using Superfeet insoles too which I also highly recommend).
Now that I have taken care of my feet, in hindsight its pretty amazing that we endlessly fuss over our bike fittings but then just jam our feet into some off the shelf shoes without giving it any thought.
Here’s an article on the Slowtwitch site about them that includes a link to a place you can mail order them from if you can’t find them locally. The best way to go is to get a fitting but if that is not possible you can DIY.
http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/prodreview/newproduct/lewedge.html