Weeping Rider
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For some reason it almost looks like I'm crying in this picture. Crazy.
First ride with the new saddle went well. Going to try and move my cleat position back a little. I'm excited to try this because I realize I have never once thought about the proper cleat position on my shoes. I would always just push it all the way forward and then ride.
By moving it back I'm hoping to get some benefit. I'm hoping I will feel more confident on downhills (since I won't be riding on my toes as much) and I'm hoping it will more evenly distribute the stress on my legs.
We'll see. I've tried some adjustments before that I thought were going to give me a big boost and they actually did nothing for me.
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Sometimes you scare me with your discoveries.
It took me a while to realize that putting oil on the brakes was a bad idea. I'm a slow learner.
The first thing I thought about with Cleats was the positioning because of the chances of future knee issues. I bet you'll see a huge difference with leg fatigue. You also mentioned a new saddle. There's a MBA article from a while ago that talks about seat positioning (angle, forward/back). If I could ever find it I'd let you borrow it.
I actually used Ned Overend's book to set the seat height and the fore/aft positioning. I might need to tweak the forward/backward position, but otherwise I'm happy with it. The cleat thing of course will change that.
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