SPD-SLs and sore knee
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SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby simonn » Mon May 09, 2011 8:55 am
Unfortunately, it is not the sort of pain a cup of concrete sorts out. I could not put a lot of pressure on the knee without getting a sharp-ish pain. Even considered stopping and calling my wife to pick me up.
It's difficult to work out what is going on because there is nothing until ~90km or more, so I cannot test on my commute or shorter rides which have been good.
I got the tape measure out so my new bike is set up near on exactly the same way as my old bike, but I was using SPD (i.e. mtb) cleats and shoes with it. I experienced no pain - well, knee pain anyway - on the only 200km ride I did with SPDs .
I do not want to give up on SPD-SLs yet.
Any ideas on what I should do next?
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby sogood » Mon May 09, 2011 9:18 am
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby simonn » Mon May 09, 2011 10:29 am
So if I keep commuting (24km each way) using SPD-SLs and swap back to SPDs for the longer rides, I should be ok in a month or two or three (or whatever)...?
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby sogood » Mon May 09, 2011 12:58 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby Nobody » Mon May 09, 2011 5:07 pm
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby wombatK » Mon May 09, 2011 7:11 pm
+1. Me too - when I changed from SPD's to SPD-SL, had to drop the seat height 2 mm at a time before it felt right. YouNobody wrote:Agree with the stack height variation. Had to raise the saddle 5mm when I went from flats to SPDs.
might also need to shift the seat back on the rails 1 mm or 2 to avoid pushing your knee too far forward of the cranks.
If you've got new shoes, also check that the alignment of your heel matches what you had before (e.g. check clearance from
the chain stay).
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby Ken Ho » Mon May 09, 2011 8:47 pm
Over the distances you are riding, it would only need to be a subtle change to affect you. Maybe get your knee checked by a good physio. They will be able to see if this is the problem. It's more common in women, due to their knock-kneed design.
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby simonn » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:48 pm
I posted the problem to the audax list and someone replied saying I probably have duck feet, i.e. my toes point out, especially if my crank arms get rubbed by my shoes (they do). So, sat on a chair and sat naturally (with my toes pointing out) and then adjusted my cleats to they were straight (instead of pointing at my toes). All good, plenty of long (~200km) rides after this with no problems.
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby Le Velo » Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:10 pm
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby notwal » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:28 am
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby eeksll » Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:28 am
I notice in out of the saddle efforts my foot twists, inward mostly. I am a bit reluctant to try a no float setup and I don't see how a free float will fix it. But I think having a midfoot setup will minimise the foot twisting. So all i need is some road shoes, speedplay pedals and the fore/aft plate. Which i got none of for christams
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby Schmenz » Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:11 pm
not sure if he sells shoes but he has the rest.
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby MDL » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:57 pm
DO you thinkn a more backwards cleat position would put more pressure on the knee? Don't think it would but since i have changed cleat postion my knee has swollen up (back knee to start with)
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Re: SPD-SLs and sore knee
Postby notwal » Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:29 pm
I wouldn't think so. I would look at your knee tracking. If your foot sits in an unnatural (for you) position wrt fore/aft alignment and/or the angle of the sole of the foot from side to side it can affect your knee track adversely. If it was ok before you moved the cleat then you may have just twisted the cleat a bit.MDL wrote:Sorry for hijacking -
DO you thinkn a more backwards cleat position would put more pressure on the knee? Don't think it would but since i have changed cleat postion my knee has swollen up (back knee to start with)
MDL
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