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You may be pedaling with the feet pointing down when you bring the foot down.  From 12 to 6 it's heel down, then 6 to toe down.  When you are pushing down focus on heel only, if you point  your feet down when you push down, your toes will get numb.

And make sure your shoes are not too tight (seriously).

A lot of good suggestions here, thank you all very much.. Someone mentioned pinching a nerve because of my saddle. I am in fact in the break-in period of a new Adamo Road saddle, so i will give it a bit more time.

As for if i am pointing my toes, i never really looked to be honest. I was riding in Aero the whole time, so I was really concentrating on that and my form instead of my foot position.

Thanks again everyone..

Thats awesome, we will represent BT Nation!!

Had the same exact issue, this thread was helpful!

I too get numb toes one foot only 3 outside toes.  Then I did a 3 hr ride without socks and the numbness was there but set in just over the 2hr mark where with socks it was just over 1.5hr mark.  This seems to me to be narrow show which I had suspected.  My right foot is wider then my left and this is the numb-toe-foot.  I notice it much worse with a different par of road shoes much more stiff and slightly narrower.

Try checking if your shoes are too narrow, ie try thinner or no socks or different more wider pair.  For me, I'm just living with it - can't afford new shoes :p

Bike fit and/or cleat position look at first.

If you have had issue with other saddle then look more at cleat position and shoe fit.

I would get numb foot on right side on three outer toes only riding over 3-4 hours if it was over 90.   I had quite a few bike fits with top notch folks and tried different shoes and different cleat positions. I ended up getting custom D2 shoes as I have wide feet with short toes and my bike shoes were to long to get volume to fit my width and with a hot day my feet would swell enough to cause numbness that would turn into pain over time.

I had toe numbness issues in the past.  Usually it was the outside two or three toes, and there was always some accompanying pain on the bottom of my foot in that same area right where the toes "attach" to the foot.  I'm not sure what specifically solved the problem for me, but I experimented with a combination of new shoes with stiff carbon soles, more aggressive arch support (using shoe inserts that specifically had a raised metatarsal button which apparently helps relieve some nerve pressure in the bottom of the foot), and cleat positioning a little further back.  Now I can ride much longer with very minimal foot discomfort.