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Old 10-12-2017, 06:40 AM
Ralph Ralph is offline
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If you don't do surgery, I would get shoes to fit.

I had bunion surgery about 20 years ago....but it didn't totally fix my issue. My big toes still pointed toward the next toe, and rubbed.

So this past July...finished the job. Had surgery to straighten out my big toe....had to break the toe and shave off some of the joint. Then to correct what was causing the (my) problem......over pronation......had a stent (looks like a crank arm bolt on a ST crankset) put into the slot above my foot structure, where the tibia and fibula bone connect. This lifted my arch, so now walking almost normally. At any rate....regular shoes now fit...and I don't wear callouses on my feet or toes any more. Was off the bike about 6 weeks. But now my cycling shoes fit, and my leg doesn't do the weird wobble at the bottom of the pedal stroke anymore (that always wore a sore spot on butt...no matter how I adjusted saddle). Good luck.
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