Repairing my Shox
Since the newest photos appear first, you will have to scroll a ways through these photos to see what happened to my Shox as I was wearing them one day. The dangling Shox pod and all.
In the interim, I had tied some wire under the pod to keep it from dragging, but it slipped out from time to time, and then the other side came apart and was dragging the same way.
I wanted a repair that was quick and simple. I thought of adhesives, but I've found that they tend to fail when flexed. So I ended up stringing a wire through the heel knotted under the heel and under the insole inside the shoe.
That kept the heel from flopping under the toebox, but, as you can see from some of these photos, it still shifted side to side. Totally wearable but strange feeling as the pods slipped out one side and then the other.
I realized I could pull the slack of the wire into the sneaker holding the pod and heel more in place, and just bend it over under my foot to keep it in place. I also dispensed with the insoles. I had thought that standing on the knot in the wire would hurt my heels, but I really don't even feel it.
So the first two of these pictures show the modified repair, which so far seems to work. If this doesn't hold up, I'll dispense with the Shox pods and have yet another pair of shoes with negative "lift". I'm sure that will be fine.
Repairing my Shox
Since the newest photos appear first, you will have to scroll a ways through these photos to see what happened to my Shox as I was wearing them one day. The dangling Shox pod and all.
In the interim, I had tied some wire under the pod to keep it from dragging, but it slipped out from time to time, and then the other side came apart and was dragging the same way.
I wanted a repair that was quick and simple. I thought of adhesives, but I've found that they tend to fail when flexed. So I ended up stringing a wire through the heel knotted under the heel and under the insole inside the shoe.
That kept the heel from flopping under the toebox, but, as you can see from some of these photos, it still shifted side to side. Totally wearable but strange feeling as the pods slipped out one side and then the other.
I realized I could pull the slack of the wire into the sneaker holding the pod and heel more in place, and just bend it over under my foot to keep it in place. I also dispensed with the insoles. I had thought that standing on the knot in the wire would hurt my heels, but I really don't even feel it.
So the first two of these pictures show the modified repair, which so far seems to work. If this doesn't hold up, I'll dispense with the Shox pods and have yet another pair of shoes with negative "lift". I'm sure that will be fine.