About 2 weeks ago I took the day off (I had vacation to burn before the end of the year) and scheduled a fit update with my bike shop in St. Paul. On the agenda was to discuss my hamstring tightness, my knee pain, and moving my aerobars out where my hand grips.
The aerobar move was small and all I needed for a more comfortable hand rest.
We lowered my seat down by 5mm which will hopefully make a difference with my hamstrings. Lowering it anymore and my knees felt crunched.
We spent a lot of time working my knee issue. I tend to toe in with my left foot compared to my right. We played with adjusting my clete on that shoe to try and straighten me out some. My pedals have a lot of float which is good, but I wasn't centered in the float and I am actually rubbing on the crank. So we did some clete moves and it is amazing how just a little toe movement has a big effect on my knee and hip position.
I rode for a while (20 minutes+) at a hard pace (probably 200+w) to see if I could get my knee to hurt because it generally only hurts when i am pushing it. It did a bit but in a different spot. So we decided to just leave it where we have it now, as it appears to be better than it was.
Now having ridden with the new position for a couple of weeks, I am still limited by knee pain on my left side. Oddly the pain has moved though which I am actually taking as a positive sign. I go back to see the doc after new years, but I will continue to monitor it.
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