Originally Posted by
dpicare26
+1 with the seat positioning: Perhaps move the seat back a bit farther, which will put you in a more "bent-over position" which will engage your glut muscles a bit more. Bilateral knee pain is often a tendonitis, overuse issue of the quadriceps. ie, they are working harder than they should. Engaging your gluts will help save the quads from overworking (this is why you can pedal faster/harder in the drops).
Agree with this, and it depends on your ability to be in the hunched over postion and bending your neck up to see while you're in the drops. This will require a balance of both. I can only speak for myself, as I cannot use the drops because I can't bend my neck up anymore and my arms and shoulders hurt alot when I put my upper body weight on them. Getting more upright solves that but is harder on the knees so getting the right balance is critical. There is no right and wrong fitting here, just set it up for minimal stress on your body.