Suppose that by moving the cleat toward your arch, you actually made your right leg effectively shorter (since your toe normally points down at the bottom of the pedal stroke, not up ), causing it to extend a little more, and by raising your saddle a smigden, your right leg was also required to extend that much further. It would be interesting to photograph yourself from both sides with the nearside foot at the 6 o'clock position, then measure the knee angle to see if there is any difference.
Exactly my thought on overall leg length so thus the changes I made. Generally knee pain in the front of the knee is from having a seat too low or pushed too far forward. I'm guessing my right leg is a little longer than my left so it took the combination of the changes to make it work. I've actually had a saddle to high which lead to knee pain in the back of the knee.
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qcpmsame
Wow, I seem to have started a rash of knee issues, sorry for the push into the pain zone. Joe, I hope you can figure your problem out, it hurts me to see one of the real mile and altitude eaters here down from an injury or problem. The lnly thing i found when I had my problem a few weeks ago was that my seat had gotten raised from my usual setting, probably during some maintenance when the seat and post were taken out and cleaned so carbon assembly paste could be applied. I guess I didn't measure when I reinstalled it and left it high. The idea about checking the fit over again sounds like a good one, the cleat being in bad shape set off an alarm for me, too. Best of luck.
Bill
I wondered about the seat post sliding down a ever so slightly repeatedly over time. I can't recall the last time the seat post on my Pinarello was moved as I haven't packed it in a bike box and the seat post is extended far enough to put the bike on my bike stand. I didn't even measure it to see how high it now is but now that I seem to have found a happy place I probably should.
Hey folks..........food for thought-----anyone experimenting with fit issues should start by make any changes in really small amounts. Generally it doesn't take a large change to make a difference. Think in terms of millimeters........