I have one of those impossible to answer, "Go see your fitter" *questions. but what is the fun of that? I'm asking anyway.*

I have been experiencing the classic knee pain symptoms on the front of my knee cap. My seat doesn't feel to be too high, and I'm not rocking in the saddle or anything goofy there. My fitter adjusted my cleats for me so they haven't been way out of whack.*

I removed my cleats and pushed them as far back toward the heal as they will adjust. The pain does seem to have stopped, at least for the moment.*

A little additional info:

I have fairly flat, size 47 long narrow feet.*

I have relatively long legs. I'm 6'3" and a fairly light build...no track quads here.*

I'm 43 years old and have been riding again for 10 months after a hiatus of 8 years...work, wife, kids....

I'm on a new 2 month old bike (A HA!) with new Speedplay pedals adjusted for about 10 degrees of float. I never seem to be bottoming out in either direction of rotation on the float during my pedal rotation.*

Am I creating a worse problem that will pop up later by having the cleats at the rearward position? I will ride and see, but knees worry me. I'm just curious if I am creating a bear trap that will sneak up and cause a bigger problem.*