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[Closed] Cleat angle, duck footed.

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Do you turn the cleat slightly in the direction that your feet stick out? So both my feet stick outwards, should I turn the cleat to point to the outside of the foot slightly?


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:09 am
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I do, and left slightly more than the right.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:12 am
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No t'other way. I ride duck foot and its a pain to set Shimano cleats up. Tieem not so bad due to float.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:12 am
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I thought the expressions were pigeon-footed and crow-toed. Unless of course you have webbed feet.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:20 am
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Just set them so that your feet are in their natural position - experiment.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:22 am
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Sorry so for crow-toed/duck footed which direction slightly should the cleats point? I'm a bit confused. Wouldn't pointing them inwards cause your feet to point inwards more.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:24 am
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The cleats should point inwards,towards the big toe.
That way they'll be parallel on the bike and your feet will point outwards like a duck. Try it & see.


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:27 am
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Yep point inwards towards the big toe, not too much though otherwise your heels will not clear the crankarms.

I had to set my new shoes up at the weekend and it took me quite a while to figure out which way, the other half was giving me some very strange looks as I sat there with shoe in one hand, cleat in the other and a strangely puzzled look on my face!


 
Posted : 12/06/2009 10:43 am