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Old 11-06-17 | 12:18 PM
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Side imbalance

I've noticed I'm getting some knee pain, hip pain, only on my left side. I've adjusted my saddle position and I can get the pain either on the front or back of my left knee by tampering with the saddle height. Cannot quite find the sweet spot. And, of course, the alignment is wrong for the right side "statistically" but I don't seem to notice any right side pain within those limits. I think I must be dropping my hip to the right when I ride.

I'm going to start strengthening more on the left but I'm wondering if there's any interim solution. Would directing the saddle nose more to the left or right make a difference? Anything else in the short term?

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