Originally Posted by disconnec

Yikes, no! Cycling-related anterior knee pain is very often caused by having the saddle too LOW. If anything else, raise the saddle. Posterior knee pain = saddle too high.

For *me*, I've also found it helpful to move the saddle forward to that my shin is minimally / never forward of my knee throughout the pedal stroke. Other people have found the opposite true, but the saddle height thing is pretty universal.