Hi, I seem to have rubbed my shoe against my cranks.. anyone got any advice for some sort of protection to either my show or my crank to prevent this from happening?
by New-Score-1863
Hi, I seem to have rubbed my shoe against my cranks.. anyone got any advice for some sort of protection to either my show or my crank to prevent this from happening?
by New-Score-1863
12 Comments
Enlighten me why you think its the crank and not the frame stays.
I’d suggest prevention is better than cure.
Tweak your cleat position to stop the heel hitting, as you’re probably pedalling slightly toes out, which isn’t going to be great for your knees in the long term, or add some spacers to the pedal to move it outwards slightly (increased Q-Factor).
That’s a weird place. I would have thought it would be more to the side.
Change your cleats, so there is more clearance between your shoe and the crank. Basically undo the screws on the cleat and move it more to the left of the shoe.
Unless you have size 2 feet, that’s not the crank.
I still am not completely convinced it’s crank. Feels like you definitely should’ve felt that if you did somehow manage to hit a crank. I guess it’s technically possible that since you have big feet, the float can cause the crank to hit there. I would suggest trying to adjust cleat position little or get cleats with less float – Feels like that might cause bigger accidents if that was to happen on more violent pedaling session.
In my case, I have that exact same wear pattern, but it is because it is often easier (less painful) for me to swing my left heel in towards the frame to unclip, but that often stuffs my heel into the spinning tire.
Any chance you click out towards the wheel? Had „a friend“ do the same thing at beginning of riding clippers and the shoes looked very similar. So may be hitting the wheel/tire?
You probably also have normal length ~~crank shafts~~ pedal axles. If you’re ever interested in a bikefit, bring this problem up and ask them if longer ~~crank shafts~~ pedal axles could work for you.
Edit: I meant pedal axle.
Some are pigeon toed, some duck, I’m duck, rub heel on crank arm like that.
Unnatural for me to have parallel feet. Stretching outer foot and leg or orthotics might help, haven’t tried that yet
Have a good bike fitter look at your position, especially your stance width.
I don’t know why some people are so convinced it isn’t the cranks. It’s physically impossible to get this wear pattern from your chain stays unless you just pedal backwards like a duck-footed fixie maniac. I too got this pattern, but significantly worse, from hitting my cranks on the downstroke. I never felt it or noticed it. One day I grabbed my shoes and realized I’ve almost rubbed a hole in them. There are no marks anywhere on the bike, but my cranks are black so they might hide it will. It was really obvious when I watched my feet while pedaling where I was hitting. I adjusted my cleats and that seems to have fixed it.
Do you drive to your cycle route?