I have had to set my cleats in an odd way - my right foot points outward but my left points inwards when I ride - so that my feet are actually parallel. Is this a common problem? Is it likely to do with muscle imbalance?
I actually dont get any knee pain now that I have finally got correct cleat placement with about 10 degrees of float. But I am concerned that this may be affecting the efficiency of my riding.
Is there anyway to improve this problem? I am trying one legged pedalling drills on the turbo and pilates - but no success at the moment. I am not even sure if it needs correcting as there is no associated pain in knee, hip or ankle.
now...im no doctor but i think that as long as your not feeling pain and theres not alot of rubage on your crank you should be fine...but...you might wana call up your doctor and see what he/she thinks about it...it might have sumn to do with like incorrect alingment or sumn...
even though my feet do not point straight ahead by nature i set the cleats up (years ago) nuetral. upon finding i would gravitate to one "stop" more than the other i made minute adjustments, tightened 'em down, scribed marks for positioning replacement cleats and never looked back.
muscular imbalance is one presumption, so are tracking and alignment factors of all joint from the hips down, but be aware sometimes riders become adapted to a less than optimal postion which then becomes adapted to. BTW one legged pedaling may be in vogoue from time to time , I have dabbled, but advice is err on the side of caution and prevent inducing injury by not spending too much time there.
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I have had to set my cleats in an odd way - my right foot points outward but my left points inwards when I ride - so that my feet are actually parallel. Is this a common problem? Is it likely to do with muscle imbalance?
I actually dont get any knee pain now that I have finally got correct cleat placement with about 10 degrees of float. But I am concerned that this may be affecting the efficiency of my riding.
Is there anyway to improve this problem? I am trying one legged pedalling drills on the turbo and pilates - but no success at the moment. I am not even sure if it needs correcting as there is no associated pain in knee, hip or ankle.
even though my feet do not point straight ahead by nature i set the cleats up (years ago) nuetral. upon finding i would gravitate to one "stop" more than the other i made minute adjustments, tightened 'em down, scribed marks for positioning replacement cleats and never looked back.
muscular imbalance is one presumption, so are tracking and alignment factors of all joint from the hips down, but be aware sometimes riders become adapted to a less than optimal postion which then becomes adapted to. BTW one legged pedaling may be in vogoue from time to time , I have dabbled, but advice is err on the side of caution and prevent inducing injury by not spending too much time there.
Cheers for the advice - so as I am not getting any pain do you recommend to just to carry on and not worry about it?
