Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
Ultimately that contributed to problems with my calves and Achilles, but it spared my knees.
I experienced that too, Oak. Funny how the slightest change can significantly affect things over a distance. I did get a professional fitting back when I had the Roubaix. Besides adjusting the saddle fore/aft/height, they adjusted my cleats and checked the alignment of my knees during the pedal stroke. I did have to add a spacer on the left pedal so that my knee would track right. Seemed to get things pretty much squared away.

During the off season, I noticed that my mtb platform pedals gave me less grief than the SPDs so I put platforms on my road bike and seemed to clear up issues with my achilles and knee(s). Interestingly enough, my mtb has 175mm cranks. Go figure.

Now that I've changed from less mashing to more spinning, my knee seems to be protesting more. I'm doing exercises to try and build up the muscle groups around the knee in hopes of making it happier. Maybe that's what it needs. I'm hoping anyway.