Hi guys the backside of my knee, a tendon at the absolute top of my calf, gives me pain when I cycle, and off the cycle, walking up stairs, produces a "clicking" sensation in the back of the knee so to speak.
Now here are some thoughts, I would appreciate any ideas.
1. Read in a magazine that pain in the back of the knees is cured with
lowering the saddle. I think I have it low enough, I can "drop" the heel under the pedal axle, when clipped in and in the bottom position, without moving on the saddle.
2. I have noticed that I do not sit completely "straight" on the bike. What I mean is that my hip/a*s seems twisted, so that the left leg/knee, comes closer to the frame, and the right leg, comes further away from the frame. I feel I am not sitting straight on the saddle I think. The saddle is straight, I have a cervelo soloist, and the saddle can only be straight due to the aero post.
3. My right foot, is a little bit longer than the left foot, this means that my left foot sits further "back" on the pedal, at least the heel does so to speak.
This moves my right leg back compared to the left leg. This would twist my hips/a*s/legs/knees as in 2 above. Could this cause 1 above?
I am thinking of adjusting the cleats, bring the right foot, slightly back, and the left foot slight forward, so the cleats are in the same fore/aft position on both, meaning that the heels on both feet will be in the "same" position.
I hope you can understand what I mean. I am sick and tired of my kneeproblems on this bike. I have been off the bike for months, got rid of the problems, back again and issues. I have NEVER had these issues on any bike before. The MTB does not seem to irritate at all. So, I reckon the issue is with my cleat, seat position. I also have a fairly pronounced drop to the bars, would that aggravate this? I does not feel weird when sitting on the bike though, can go for 3 hour spins without any serious pains, other than knee. The pain is such that I can usually ride, feel it for the first 10 mins or so, then gone for the rest of the ride, maybe feel it now and then for a moment during the ride. Feel it in stairs as said before though. Anyone had similar problems and cured them?
Now here are some thoughts, I would appreciate any ideas.
1. Read in a magazine that pain in the back of the knees is cured with
lowering the saddle. I think I have it low enough, I can "drop" the heel under the pedal axle, when clipped in and in the bottom position, without moving on the saddle.
2. I have noticed that I do not sit completely "straight" on the bike. What I mean is that my hip/a*s seems twisted, so that the left leg/knee, comes closer to the frame, and the right leg, comes further away from the frame. I feel I am not sitting straight on the saddle I think. The saddle is straight, I have a cervelo soloist, and the saddle can only be straight due to the aero post.
3. My right foot, is a little bit longer than the left foot, this means that my left foot sits further "back" on the pedal, at least the heel does so to speak.
This moves my right leg back compared to the left leg. This would twist my hips/a*s/legs/knees as in 2 above. Could this cause 1 above?
I am thinking of adjusting the cleats, bring the right foot, slightly back, and the left foot slight forward, so the cleats are in the same fore/aft position on both, meaning that the heels on both feet will be in the "same" position.
I hope you can understand what I mean. I am sick and tired of my kneeproblems on this bike. I have been off the bike for months, got rid of the problems, back again and issues. I have NEVER had these issues on any bike before. The MTB does not seem to irritate at all. So, I reckon the issue is with my cleat, seat position. I also have a fairly pronounced drop to the bars, would that aggravate this? I does not feel weird when sitting on the bike though, can go for 3 hour spins without any serious pains, other than knee. The pain is such that I can usually ride, feel it for the first 10 mins or so, then gone for the rest of the ride, maybe feel it now and then for a moment during the ride. Feel it in stairs as said before though. Anyone had similar problems and cured them?