bruised feet. Help!

[mornish]

I've been doing a lot of big drops and big sets recently (7 and 8 sets), but I

keep bruising my feet. Is there a trick to avoiding this? Would bigger

pedals help? I'm currently using oddysey twisted plastics. Should I roll out

faster? All help appreciated.

-Miles

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by mornish

I've been doing a lot of big drops and big sets recently (7 and 8 sets), but I

keep bruising my feet. Is there a trick to avoiding this? Would bigger

pedals help? I'm currently using oddysey twisted plastics. Should I roll out

faster? All help appreciated.

-Miles

I think that shoes [maybe] would have a lot to do with it. The more beefy the sole and more support the better. Tennis, running and other light weight shoes may not cut it if you're doing big drops, etc. I wear hiking boots and have had no foot-related pain doing 4' + drops. I thought about adding a padded insole but haven't really needed it yet.

[ntappin]

Hey Miles, I feel your pain, literaly. I too have suffered much at the hands of bruised feet. There are three ways to help prevent it from happening, but none are perfect.

1. As Terry said, get shoes that have a very stiff and very strong sole. I found when I was doing drops like that I was actualy busting the plastic supports in my shoes.

2. Get some pedals that have lots of contact areas with your feet. Odysees have three contact areas where the pressure will be applied

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They look like that, if you can get something that looks more like this:

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it would spread out the impact over a larger area. I have gotten some new pedals that do that, and I find it helps alot.

3. Last but not least, is to just not do them. Although they look cool and they are alot of fun, large sets (anything bigger than a 6 set in my mind) are really hard on your body. Once you can do them, have them on video even and have shown your friends, I would save them for special occasions.

Some couple smaller tips are to roll out more, use larger cranks (put less pressure on your back foot when you slow down on the landing), jump less vertical, and always make sure your feet are fully healed before doing it again, even if you have changed equipment.

I found when I first hurt myself I would give myself a couple of days until the pain subsided from walking, but I would go and hurt it instantly. It is sad but you really have to give yourself a good enough break to fully heal.

I hope that helps, and isn't too much of an essay for you,

Nathan

[mornish]

Originally Posted by ntappin

Hey Miles, I feel your pain, literaly. I too have suffered much at the hands of bruised feet. There are three ways to help prevent it from happening, but none are perfect.

1. As Terry said, get shoes that have a very stiff and very strong sole. I found when I was doing drops like that I was actualy busting the plastic supports in my shoes.

2. Get some pedals that have lots of contact areas with your feet. Odysees have three contact areas where the pressure will be applied

 _______
[       ]
=========
[_______]

They look like that, if you can get something that looks more like this:

_________
[] [ ] []
=========
[]_[-]_[]

it would spread out the impact over a larger area. I have gotten some new pedals that do that, and I find it helps alot.

3. Last but not least, is to just not do them. Although they look cool and they are alot of fun, large sets (anything bigger than a 6 set in my mind) are really hard on your body. Once you can do them, have them on video even and have shown your friends, I would save them for special occasions.

Some couple smaller tips are to roll out more, use larger cranks (put less pressure on your back foot when you slow down on the landing), jump less vertical, and always make sure your feet are fully healed before doing it again, even if you have changed equipment.

I found when I first hurt myself I would give myself a couple of days until the pain subsided from walking, but I would go and hurt it instantly. It is sad but you really have to give yourself a good enough break to fully heal.

I hope that helps, and isn't too much of an essay for you,

Nathan

thanks alot.

maybe I wont do as many.

idk though.


I might look for some better pedals.

-Miles

[mornish]

Does anyone make a plastic pedal similar to these?

http://www.danscomp.com/465120.php?cat=PARTS


they seem like they would be awesome for drops and stuff

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by mornish

Does anyone make a plastic pedal similar to these?

http://www.danscomp.com/465120.php?cat=PARTS


they seem like they would be awesome for drops and stuff

Why do you want/prefer plastic pedals?

[markf]

what shoes are you using? anything that's a really felxible/thin sole will cause your feet to get beaten up. stiffer/thicker soles will protect your feet.

[bcwheelriderguyhehehehehe]

Terry-He want's plastic pedals because they are nice for flip tricks in street riding and don't need a grind plate. Not to mention they're dirt cheap.

Those Dk Iron cross pedals look nice for flip tricks if they ain't to heavy. You should make a post on em to find out if anyone has used em.

[MuniAddict]

Originally Posted by bcwheelriderguyhehehehehe

Terry-He want's plastic pedals because they are nice for flip tricks in street riding and don't need a grind plate. Not to mention they're dirt cheap.

Those Dk Iron cross pedals look nice for flip tricks if they ain't to heavy. You should make a post on em to find out if anyone has used em.

those Iron cross peds weigh just about 2lbs...pretty heavy indeed.

[bcwheelriderguyhehehehehe]

hmm never mind I sudenly don't want them. I made a thread on some plastic ones a few days ago, I think they have a pretty big surface area. I'll go check...

[Spencer Hochberg]

Originally Posted by bcwheelriderguyhehehehehe

Terry-He want's plastic pedals because they are nice for flip tricks in street riding and don't need a grind plate. Not to mention they're dirt cheap.

Those Dk Iron cross pedals look nice for flip tricks if they ain't to heavy. You should make a post on em to find out if anyone has used em.

But he can't do flip tricks. If you are bruising your feet try to find some pedals with a bigger platform.

[bcwheelriderguyhehehehehe]

Oh well^^ he can still grind without a grind plate

[ntappin]

You can grind without a grind plate with metal pedals with no problem. You just need to remove the pins. I find magnesium pedals even slide better than plastic.

[Evan Byrne]

Monoblocks.

[mornish]

wow...

unfortunantly, I dont want metal pedals...

I already have 2 awesome sets of metal muni/ trials pedals, but I dont like metals for street.

-Miles