Author Topic: Knee pain from cycling  (Read 858 times)

jim-ratliff

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Re: Knee pain from cycling
« on: June 13, 2011, 03:28:42 pm »

My guess in bold.   ;)

In reading that article (good one, BTW -- thanks Jim!) there are a couple of things I want to try that may be at the root of this:

1) Check my knee orientation to pedal when in the 3:00 position; move seat back if needed;

2) Check my cleat orientation and how they position my feet fore-aft on the pedals, as well as lateral alignment; reposition cleats as needed (I will check Terryl's too, now that I have heightened awareness  8) ).  I know that my cleats are positioned rather far back on my shoes, and this may not be good.

I think I might have overdone it in the first couple of weeks.  Too far, too soon, low cadence, pushing high gears.

Thanks for the help. You're the best!
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