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@Jimmy_Fingers
My shoes are Medieval torture devices. I have flats and straps on my Surly Steamroller and have been using Five Ten Maltese with them up until two weeks ago. Liking the Five Tens so much and wanting another pair I ended buying the Impacts hi-tops cos Chain reaction had em on offer. But they are much chunkier than the Maltese and wouldn't fit in the straps and anyone who rides flats with straps knows you wanna hit a sweet spot and stick with it so they got left in a locker at work with me thinking I will use them over the winter because they are big and sturdy and weatherproof and warm.
So I switched over and have been using them on my ten mile commute each way this week, which is longer than my usual commute. Fucking hell they have been killing my feet. At first they were fine, didn't notice the first day at all. By the second day I had to stop on the way back to get some life into them. I put it down to 'office foot', that sitting down all day makes your feet swell. I ended up trying everything to make those shoes more comfortable: three different thickness of socks, adjusting the straps constantly, filing off the studs on the plastic pedals, lots of soft pedalling, but it just got worse escalating into stabbing, crampy pains just behind the toes.
I ride home today with only the right strap on as my left foot felt so fucked. I persevered with them in hope, annoyingly it took this much cycling to discover how uncomfortable they are, but then I guess they are freeride shoes so I am using them in a way they weren't designed for. Still it was orgasmic to kick them off and stand on a dog bed.
Tl:Dr my shoes tried to kill me