Sore weak knees!

Barrzy257

Hi folks, I've not been into cycling to long only about 2months but have done quite a few 20-30mile rides. My problem is I'm getting sore/weak feeling knees the evening or day after my rides. Now I no it's not the shoe/cleat angle as I have them set up correctly, but when I walk I put more pressure on the outside of my foot, causing my shoes to wear out that side faster. I was wondering if you can buy inserts for my cycling shoes to compensate for this? Or equally what sort of specialist would I be looking for to get some made? Any help would be welcome as it's quite a hindrance at the moment, would really like to do longer distances and more often but this is holding me back!
Cheers,
Barrzy257

ollyridesfirst

have you had your bike position set up?

Herbsman

Just wait until Saturday/Sunday - they'll be fine.

Duffer65

Is your saddle too high or too low perhaps? Have a look at some of the set up guides on Youtube and the net.
Both Specialized and Bontrager do cycling shoe specific insoles. I have Bontrager shoes and I know their 'e-soles' are quite pricey, if you do have a problem that stems from your feet maybe buy some supportive insoles from a chemist and see if it makes a difference.

mercurykev

Any knee pain tends to come from bike set up but it can involve a few trial and error tweaks to your position before the probelm is solved. The following website has infromation around the symptoms that can appear due to less than optimum position, whether it is saddle height, cleat position or saddle fore/aft postion.

http://www.cptips.com/knee.htm

With regard to stability insoles, Superfeet have a good reputation - http://www.superfeet.com/activity/cycling.aspx

HTH

Secteur

I used to get quite severe R sided ITB (knee pain) when I first went clipless - even ended up having to take 2 weeks off and saw a physio.

I now have my cleat adjusted such that it looks totally wrong and my right foot points out compared to the left (which is straight) but I now don't get knee pain!

So, either trial-and-error until it's ok, or get a proper fit.

PS, I also did research on "bike fit" and I reckon I have a pretty good estimation of my correct position - saddle height, bar height & stem length etc.

merak

Secteur wrote:

I used to get quite severe R sided ITB (knee pain) when I first went clipless - even ended up having to take 2 weeks off and saw a physio.

I now have my cleat adjusted such that it looks totally wrong and my right foot points out compared to the left (which is straight) but I now don't get knee pain!

So, either trial-and-error until it's ok, or get a proper fit.
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+1 - almost exactly the same story but many years ago. I was getting knee pain so badly I though I'd have to give up riding further than 30 miles. Then I noticed that my right foot has a natual tendency to toe out and I set my right cleat to give me some toe out and my left cleat straight. No pain in my knees for 25 years even in very high mileage years.

If I sit on a table with my upper legs parallel and relaxed and the edge of the table just behind my knees and l let my lower legs just hang down, my feet fall naturally into the same position - left foot straight ahead, right foot a few degrees toe-out. So I assume that's the position my feet want to be in. The standard parallel straight ahead set-up is not suitable for everyone and you see some quite extreme deviations from this amongst experienced cyclists.

Barrzy257

Cheers some great adce here, il try a few suggestions. But if all fails, can anybody recommend a place to get a good bike fit in Bristol? Cheers