Well, what an odd mix! Ballet and bicycling would seem to be worlds apart, don’t you think? In fact, I doubt that they’d mix well — cycling tends to cause the hamstrings to shorten and tighten, which would wreak havoc on your extension should you want to try ballet.

But the ballet and bicycling worlds aren’t quite completely exclusive of each other. Check out this YouTube at about 8:43 minutes.

If you use orthotics in your cycling shoes, you might have noticed that it can seem tricky to insert said orthotics into the shoes. After I watched that YouTube, I began to use the orthotic as the “foot”, and the cycling shoe as the “toe shoe”. Following the method demonstrated by Ms. Morgan, I found that it seems to work a little better when I put in my orthotics.  I’ve also developed the habit of putting on my shoes by the same way.

If I were to be fitted for toe shoes, though, I think my foot would be tricky to work with. Wide across the base of the toes. Narrow heel. High arch. Bone spurs in both pinky toes. Bunions in both big toes; and I’ve had surgery for the bunion/bone spurs on the left foot!

I wonder, do pro cyclists need to take as much care for fitting their cycling shoes? And would they think bicycling and ballet were an odd mix?