danny_cartledge Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Hi, This could sound a bit weird but...Ive been watching a lot of riding video's lately and iv'e noticed that quite a lot of people have there pedal on the front of there sole of there shoes.I personally have the pedal in the middle of my shoe, where the dip is.Where does everyone else have there pedals?Is it better to have it at the front or what?Thanks, Danny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom 20 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 I have my pedals in the middle of my feet, so they bend over the pedals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 Everyone is different, but the marks on the soles of my shoes say i have them right on the balls of my feet. Basically, look at the sole of your shoe and imagine a line splitting the front from the back in the middle. this should be roughly where the rearward side of your pedal should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalf the Yellow Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 i have mine towards the front, i used to ride at the 'middle' but i found there was more control towards the front, but it could just be me.the hops aren't as 'stiff' as well when i moved forwards.steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom 20 Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 I always get the feeling my feet are going to slip off when there nearer the front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod Man Leo Posted May 24, 2007 Report Share Posted May 24, 2007 I always get the feeling my feet are going to slip off when there nearer the front sameI usualy use the middle/front, but its all persanal preference,But if you have it on the ball you have more controll becouse you can also use your calf to pivot foot, but if you have your pedal right under your fibular (middle shin bone) then you canot get that much power with the calf and thats what controls the pivot on your foot via ankle, so yeah, personal pref realy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghetto Rider Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Balls of the feet.. below the toes and above the bend in the foot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenzo604 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 You can get the most power using the balls of your feet due to it having the most leverage. I personally don't really know, if I looked at my shoes i could tell, but I guess Revell pedals are big enough for me not to worry about foot positioning too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 If you were riding without shoes you'd move your feet so your big toe is hooked around the front edge of the pedal when you curl it. Same position with shoes on really too It make shopping easier, gives more leverage and allows you to compress more so landings are smoother. Riding with your foot in the middle of the pedal is just plain weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenzo604 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 If you were riding without shoes you'd move your feet so your big toe is hooked around the front edge of the pedal when you curl it. Same position with shoes on really too It make shopping easier, gives more leverage and allows you to compress more so landings are smoother. Riding with your foot in the middle of the pedal is just plain weird.I don't understand. Do elaborate.But replace shopping with hopping and your away . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_cartledge Posted May 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 You can get the most power using the balls of your feet due to it having the most leverage. I personally don't really know, if I looked at my shoes i could tell, but I guess Revell pedals are big enough for me not to worry about foot positioning too much.Yeah, i thought that having them on the balls of your feet would give you more leverage!Im gunna have a go next time i ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 I don't understand. Do elaborate.But replace shopping with hopping and your away .Well, say you've gotten used to riding with the middle of your foot on the peddles. When you get into the supermarket your going to be walking around with all of your foot on the floor, which increases friction and leaves you moving slower and with more effort, so if theres just one item left some old lady with her high heels could get there way before you and you'd be left without anything but being out of breath and cursing your constant use of the entire foot.Get used to riding on the ball of your foot and you'll be walking lighter which makes you faster and gives less friction, it also leaves you constantly prepared to run to beat old ladies to the last of any item in the store... and all without getting tired from over-exertion.Getting used to using the ball of your foot also helps make you look a little taller, so more intimidating against the old ladie who might previously have thought about beating you with her handbag for taking what she believed to be hers. The extra height should help to prevent any such thoughts running through her head again.It also gives you more bounce, so should you really need to get across the store quickly you could ultimately sidehop over the isles as a direct route from A-B is always the quickest. For the brief moment your tucking above the isle as well you'll be able to see the whole store so will be able to find any items you want more quickly.But then again... maybe it was obvious i'd pressed a random key to make a word that shouldn't be there. Which in itself is quite a conincidence, but not unlikely... as according to the probability theory, which is a branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and events: mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities that may either be single occurrences or evolve over time in an apparently random fashion. Some people like einstein and his peers contemplated the theories of probability and coincidence as ways of determining whether all things in life are merely coincidental, or whether there is indeed a formula for the ruling of all things in the universe.. which would include my spelling mistake. I reckon it was fate for me to press it really, decide for yourself though.. as i'd hate to be accused of mis-informing someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenzo604 Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 That was god like. Krisboats, I want your anal babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_bomb_bikes Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 i ride with the ball of my foot i find that quite grippy.james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_malcolm Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 i have my pedals on the balls if my feetfeels better to mealthough my foot slipped of yesterday and i now had a huge gash up my shins.i think maybe a picture is needed soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krisboats Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 That was god like. Krisboats, I want your anal babies.You know it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat da man Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 (edited) I always get the feeling my feet are going to slip off when there nearer the front yea same! i ride in the middle. but to be honest my feet slip off no matter what ask my shins Edited May 25, 2007 by mat da man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALEX@BIKETRIALSFUN Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 It depends with me if I am doing a side hop or a drop I have my feet in the middle but back wheels I have them more back on my toes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebryan Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 This is the way i see it: experiment Feet in Middle of pedles - Place feet on the ground flat , curl your toes up the sky and try jump your highestBalls of your feet on pedles- Now stand with the heels up of the ground slightly and on your balls of your feet and jump you will jump so much higher and easyerthe achellies is the one strongest muscle in your body so by using the balls of your feet you use the achellies giving you more spring, but if you use the flats of your feet you use only your thighs and not both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2sixstreet Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 As many people have said, the ball is the natural pivot of your foot, is close to your toes which provide balance and this position gives the best possible control and power. Look at the foot position of professional cyclists (road, MTB, DH, track...). Their shoes are made so the clipless pedals are directly under the ball of the foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron_W Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 i personanly put my pedals on the balls of my feet. i think you get more balance and more comfortable.But ride with wich ever you find comfrotable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinity Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 I have my pedals in the middle of my feet, so they bend over the pedals.Same here, feels better in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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