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.
my knee pain is exascerbated by raising my seat
what helped me the best was realigning my cleats---they were too far forward. Now they are right under the fall of my foot and my knee is better although not perfect