I'm sorry Ana!! I wish you were close so Michelle our fit master could help you!
The thing with fixing things yourself is that you cannot see things that the fitters look for because you are on the bike. So even if you have an idea of what you need to look for, it's hard to do yourself.
Sometimes you get lucky and things are ok and you don't need to do much. But when things go awry IMO it's important to have a pro help you.
We can sit here and armchair quarter back things and give you ideas, but with mm's making a difference it's really hard to do.
Like I said, our very experienced friend tried to move things around, but he only made things worse. And he did an ironman on the bike before we fixed it, so he totally aggrivated his knee on the 112 mile bike, then completely ticked it off by running 26.2 miles on it.
And he's doing an ironman (placid) this weekend. 5 weeks later! ugh!! his poor knee!!
When we finally got him in here we could see the tendons running from his bum to his knee, and it looked like if we tapped them they would snap.
Once he was in the right position you could hardly see the tendon, as it wasn't being pulled by each pedal stroke.
I guess that is my long winded way of saying... sorry but you really need to find a fit guru...
edit to add..
I saw that you were in MI, so I was going to ask if bikesport michigan was near you. I've never been there, but they have published some great articles in the paszt, and I have a good feeling about them. Then I went in and saw what they charge for a fit. Youch. For what they do, and their credentials they are worth the 250.00. But I was hoping maybe they would have a bit cheaper package, since I am thinking that your issue is prolly a pretty quick fix.





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