Ankle Pain from excessive skidding?

Unless i'm dead or its pissing down with rain i'm at trix every week for anyone that wants to have a go with them :)

Ok, so if they are velcro i can see how you get one foot in, but how about the other. The powergrips have the twisting to secure.

Ok, so if they are velcro i can see how you get one foot in, but how about the other. The powergrips have the twisting to secure.

I'm not sure what you mean mate, get one foot in but not the other, that doesn't make sense to me?

Well, im assuming you want it tight as you have no cages to stop your foot slipping around... Im thinking:

Open velcro
Put in foot
Close velcro tight
Move that foot to top
Lift other foot off ground to put on pedal
Fall on arse

What am i missing?

Nope, I leave mine done up all the time, you simply do the front strap underneath the main strap up a little tighter to avoid foot slippage when adjusting them, and thats it once they're adjusted you're ready to roll.
I put my feet in, wiggle a little and away ya go, much like inserting your feet into powergrips :)

Oh and these are way more secure than power grips, I hated power grips, thats why I ran clips and double straps for ages until I got these, and these are awesome :)

I see...

Have a go next week at SouthEasties if you want :) I'm off swimming now, laters y'all!

By the way, Balki and Cliveo lurking on the same thread.......somethings going on......

Hi Clive...

buy a car.

Those are sick! are these DIY or is there a shop selling them? No risk of foot frontal slippage? Is there a difference between powergrips diagonal placement on the pedals?...sorry to many questions....but those straps are way cool...

Ok guys,
Heres a thread for all of us with feet which point out alot in one direction, ok so my right foot points loads to the right (im quite comfortable having it pointed at a 90 degree angle to the right when sitting) after a long haul on the bike my ankle really hurts, and yes i know float etc but i mean it really points out, float does feck all cause my shoes already rub the cranks loads

anyone else having a similar problem?

dude go to cyclefit and talk to them about footbeds, and cleat position, this isn't something that realistically can be sorted by bods on this forum, not without a shitload of back and forth, you know its an issue go and get it looked at professionally, spend the cash and ride pain free...

http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/sidas.html
footbeds
http://www.cyclefit.co.uk/lemond.html
wedges

Or go to the Bike Whisperer, they're cheaper than Cyclefit easily and just as good, lovely people too and extremely helpful.

in fact, it's a good investment to get the best performance/comfort out of your bike.

ed good point, forgot about scherrit, rocker pm your details to scherrit, he's on the forum and he'll be able to give you more pertinent info and probably organise a consultation at the same time

OK cool, erm il have to think about it as i will have to travel down to london and i never have money due to being in high school . . .

Ok guys,
Heres a thread for all of us with feet which point out alot in one direction, ok so my right foot points loads to the right (im quite comfortable having it pointed at a 90 degree angle to the right when sitting) after a long haul on the bike my ankle really hurts, and yes i know float etc but i mean it really points out, float does feck all cause my shoes already rub the cranks loads

anyone else having a similar problem?

I can't even bend my foot 90 degrees to the right.
Doctor FTW.

Doctor FTW
you dont think i have already been!? i used to go to physio every week for s sports massage on that leg to loosen/relax the muscles in my thigh didnt work though =/ did that for about 6 months it was meant to bring my calf back round but that clearly was not happening as its all aligned properly apart from my ankle which is totally out :S

OK cool, erm il have to think about it as i will have to travel down to london and i never have money due to being in high school . . .

don't tell pork pie, school's out for the summer.

anyway I'm sure you can convince your parents that you want to visit a physiotherapist with lots of experience on cycling, especially to prevent any permanent damage in the future.

Also do tell Scherrit that you're still in school and don't have much of a budget, I'm sure he could make some arrangement but don't hold my word on this thought.

OK cool ed, il do some googling, but my parents are stubborn as f**k so getting them to spend money is a real problem . . . even though they insist on spending a bucket load a year on a shitty shitty private school

OK just emailed Scherrit so il see what he says

Doctor FTW
you dont think i have already been!? i used to go to physio every week for s sports massage on that leg to loosen/relax the muscles in my thigh didnt work though =/ did that for about 6 months it was meant to bring my calf back round but that clearly was not happening as its all aligned properly apart from my ankle which is totally out :S

So you've told us about the physiotherapist, but what did the *doctor *say?
It sounds like you need an operation on your ankle.
How old are you BTW?

Im 15, and the doctor reffered me to physio, meh doctors never know whats wrong with me, they didnt even know i had osgood shclater disease

Im 15, and the doctor reffered me to physio, meh doctors never know whats wrong with me, they didnt even know i had osgood shclater disease

According to that, you have to knock the exercise on the head until it resolves itself. Presumably you've already tried that to no effect?
You need to see a specialist, no?