Ellen McAuliffe Ott is the president of Feels Like Home Properties, LLC in Southport, North Carolina. At the company, Ellen McAuliffe Ott coordinates the purchasing of condos, which are renovated and redesigned for short or long-term rentals. In her free time, she enjoys biking.
Regular biking rides are an excellent way to keep fit and maintain an active lifestyle. However, when a rider peddles the bike regularly, it can cause injuries to the foot. The right biking shoes can make riding comfortable, and the wrong ones can create slight problems like numbness in the foot. Depending on the terrain, riders wear different shoes like mountain bike shoes or road bike shoes.
Mountain bike shoes are more flexible than road bike shoes. Bikers sometimes have to walk up on steep mountain roads when riding on mountainous terrain. Keeping this in mind, manufacturers made the shoe's sole less firm. This makes it comfortable for walking. The rubber soles can firmly grip the ground and prevent skidding or falling. Two soles are stitched together to make the sole so that the shoes don't protrude.
Road bike shoes are more rigid than mountain bike shoes because the manufacturers only designed them for cycling purposes. Due to this rigidity, a biker can exert full force from the foot to the pedal. Plastic or carbon material is used to make the sole. The cleats don't get sunk into the shoes, making walking relatively difficult. The shoes are suitable for cyclists participating in bike racing competitions that don't require trekking or traveling.
