There's nothing fundamentally wrong with alternate foot positions. If you like riding with the center of your foot over the pedal spindle on one of your bikes, that's great for you. In 2016, it's unorthodox for spirited riding, and common for beach cruisers.
You are right that I never do over 100 mile rides without cycling shoes. I do 40 mile rides in floppy tennis shoes on platform pedals all the time, but I've never done a 100 mile ride in tennies, so I don't know. On 40 mile rides I have none of these arch straining problems that you have experienced. I now understand you aren't making any recommendations, and are just reporting what works for you, and advising other to do what works for them. Bill Lindsay El Cerrito, Ca On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 2:24:36 PM UTC-7, Ron Mc wrote: > > Bill, I'm not recommending that you do anything. > But here are two different bikes with two different riding positions. > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/F%20Moser/aaaP6140002.jpg> > > up high over the pedals, strongly leaning forward (on core muscles, > hopefully), riding on the ball of my feet, and need shoes with good shanks > so i don't strain my arches. > > > > <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/Viner/aaaPB160006.jpg> > > sit behind the pedals and down a bit, arches of feet centered over axles > of long pedals, doesn't matter what I wear for shoes, but also have the > ability to move my feet forward on the pedals. > > People are so big on alternate hand positions. > > Is there something wrong with alternate feet positions? I've ridden > 10,000 mi with my feet centered on pedals, and I like it. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
