Thread: Outer knee pain
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Old 10-19-17 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Aubergine
I am guessing here because you don’t specify what hurts, but I also had outer knee pain from the iliotibial band. I remedied it by lowering my seat a quarter inch.

Another thing that helped me A LOT was using pedals that allowed my feet to float.
Yes. it is my IT band that is in pain.

You know ... that might be the problem. --- one thing that is different from this bike compared to my other bikes, is the crank arm length. the Cervelo rotor3d is 170+mm ... and my track bikes both have 165mm crank arms. I have kinda short legs. So it would make sense for my saddle to drop a bit.

Also .. I'm using moutain-bike SPDs currently. (which have no float) while i find a good deal on proper road pedals/shoes.

I'll try lowering my saddle on a ride this weekend ... and maybe even switch out my pedals to a pair of old-school cages+straps. see if that helps.

thanks.
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