Originally Posted by
NachoLibre
Having to consistently roll out your ITB shouldn't be necessary if you correct what is causing it to be tight in the first place. Like someone else said, it may be unrelated to your time on the bike. On the other hand it can be caused by many different things on the bike. I found this a good read
http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/.../11/knee-pain/. Sorry if someone else posted, I didn't read the whole thread. Many bike fitters use a systematic approach that may work if you are average in every way, but a fitter can't rely on the system entirely. The same blogger's post on seat post height seems to detail the reasons why pretty well
http://www.stevehoggbikefitting.com/...#disqus_thread.
How much time did the fitters spend on adjusting your cleat and foot position, and how did they determine the correct position? Your knee can't hinge properly if the foot isn't in the right position. Perhaps your mountain bike has you in a better position and that is why it doesn't cause you any problems.
The first session was 2.5 hours, the second 1.5 hours, the third 1.0 hours, and today took all of 15 minutes. And he did check pedal alignment too.
Thanks again guys, wish I could respond to each post but that would rend this thread to absolute ugliness.
I went to the bike fitter and he used the exact same lower body positioning on my mtb to my roadie. Interestingly enough, by adding 10mm spacers on each pedal, he was able to acheive the exact same q-factor as my mountain bike. I'm mentionning this as I've had roadie's before and was never able to resolve the ITB issue, but mtbs never caused me any issues.
SOOOO... I will try this out this weekend and let you guys know how it works out.
Thanks again for chiming in!