Cycling and Custom Footbeds

What are custom footbeds?

When you hear the word footbed you automatically think orthotic, there are however very different, a footbed is designed to support and not to adjust.(adjust to the body and not against it)

Stock footbeds vs Custom footbeds

Although we can supply over the counter footbeds i would never recommend them, the reason is that you need 100% coverage for all your weight to be evenly distributed over the footbeds total area, without this the footbed simply becomes a form of arch support. You really cannot compare the two. A stock footbed left will be a mirror image of the right (a person very rarely has identical feet left to right)

Different types of footbed

All  FULLY custom Footbeds only cost a total of $180 (inc fitting).

A footbed consultation takes around 45 mins (for one pair)

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What do Custom Footbeds help with?

Improve power output, reduce pain and the chance of injury, stabilise the rider on the saddle, and also improve pedal alignment.

Used by:

  • Professional male and female cyclists (Sunweb, Team Ineos, EF Education First, Cervelo Bigla, Correnden-Circus, Team Wiggins).
  • GB Paralympic cyclists
  • Japanese Track Team
  • Team GB Track Team

  • Lift foot structure for total foot support and alignment
  • Fluid knee movement  and control 
  • Reduce numbness and tingling inc hotspots on the foot
  • Help with flat feet
  • Greatly improve overall comfort when cycling
  • Essential for eliminating knee pain when cycling

Happy customers

Mark
Training for Taupo

Hi Craig, Bike feels great. Since seeing you I have been able to conquer: Taupo Cycle Challenge, Hautacam, Col du Tormalet, Col d’Aubisque, Alpe D Heuz, Mont Vontoux, Col D Izoard and a few others.. I might get a new bike next year. cheers

Alistair
Completed the 6,800km Trans Am in USA

Hi ya Craig! Well, I knocked the Trans Am off. Just over 6800km in 27 days and four hours. It was torture. Crazy hot in Oregon and through Kansas and Kentucky, low to mid 40s. There were some real lows, but they were offset by amazing scenery, history, incredibly nice people and some great roads…

Lyn
Completed the Rotorua - Taupo 100km flyer

Hi Craig 
 I just wanted to let you know that all is going brilliantly with my feet/shoes/innersoles.  The cramping of my toes has been eliminated and the power I’m getting out of my pedal stroke is verging on unbelievable!
 Elliot and I rode the Rotorua-Taupo 100km flyer last weekend and he opted to ride easy with…

Adrian
increased power and wattage after the bike fit

Hi Craig, This is currently my facebook status…..
“It’s quite amazing what a good fit & proper innersoles on my cycling shoes did for my numbers. These are numbers from very similar 1 hour sessions 11 days apart but with a couple of fit sessions dailing in the bike between them… 26.5 km/hr @ 153w avg…

Guy
Training for Taupo

Hi Craig, Just letting you know that I survived Taupo and had no problems whatsoever with my knee.  I managed a couple of 100km+ training rides after seeing you, it’s just a pity I didn’t know about you/see you earlier then I wouldn’t have lost a couple of weeks training so close to the event.…

Our Sidas History

and why we are so passionate about the brand.

Custom footbeds are probably one of the most overlooked items in any cyclists arsenal. The reason why is that not many people actually realize what they do!

I will take you back to around 10 years ago.

I had always suffered from knee issues on and off the bike  and sometimes having the knee completely give way leaving poor old Craig to faceplant (not a great way to look cool) I had been to see several specialists who gave me certain exercises but nothing helped and i  honestly thought it was just an issue i would have to live with. A company in the UK i had began working for had a Sidas Footbed Machine in the corner but i never really paid much attention to it at the time as this was not my department. I was walking along one day and my colleague noticed how much my feet were pronating and listed off very accurately what issues i was most likely suffering from. I have to say he was either Physic or he knew his stuff, i was interested to know more, how could i help this? Footbeds he replied. He then set me on the footbed machine and took a mould of my feet, he then asked my to step off to examine the mould, the first thing he noticed was that my feet were very uneven  so uneven that they looked as though the two feet were from different people!! I was at this point looking horrified but he reassured me that its actually pretty normal. We then set about heating and manipulating the flat footbed into the mould, at this point i was asked to stand back on the machine to sandwich and hold the footbed in place and help it to set. 10 minutes later i know had my first set of Sidas custom footbeds. Once they were fitted into my shoes the difference was instantly apparent. I was no longer rolling into my collapsed arches and stretching my IT Band to its absolute limit, i was fir the first time in years actually comfortable. As the weeks and months went on my knee pain was a thing of the past.

This experience is what made me learn the ropes and purchase a custom footbed machine for myself, I have been using these now for several years with my clients.

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