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  • i recently got fitted by somebody who is a specialized BG trained bikefitter.
    made some small changes but they made quite a difference to my riding, removed one shim from my right footbed and added another to my left and increased my saddle height by 5mm. small changes but my pedalling is no more even and feels much more efficient.

    crazyjames i'm surprised you haven't been fitted for footbeds/shims sooner with such a large leglength discrepancy, hopefully you will see a significant improvement.
    i guess if you are using trainers/clips and straps you get a less solid/rigid pedalling platform so you can get away with the set up being not quite right compared to road shoes

    Well I do have footbeds, some very expensive ones actually, but they were made specifically for back when I was powerlifting as the kinda weights I was moving were crushing the standard plastic ones, so I have some fancy pants carbon fibre/kevlar composite things, they are paper thin but can withstand around 300kg of load per foot, the wedges/shims they use (or posting as the feet people call it), is made out of a similar stuff to hockey pucks so is equally stupidly tough.
    Now the problem is, I have to use these for snowboarding also, and smart shoes so I have to try and keep them in good nick, they cost the best part of £600 to get fitted for/made.
    A couple of months of cycling and because of where they sit on my feet the surface seemed to develop a few chips at the toe end of the inner sole from impacts doing tricks etc, and knowing the cost and hassle/waiting time for the fitting of these things, I really don't want to risk damaging them further.
    So.... I started wearing my crappy generic wedge just in my left shoe, in a pair of crappy very unsupportive trainers, but this just isn't cutting it for medium-long distance/general riding comfort.
    Plus i'm starting to get fed up with the whole clip/strap/trainer thing, I want something more efficient these days for bombing around on, now that I have a seperate bike for tricks etc.
    Excuse the long post, but there is a lot to explain I guess!

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