Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
In my case, when crankarms are too long, it's much safer for me to raise my saddle to accommodate the greater knee flexion at the top of the pedal stroke. Yes, at the bottom of the pedal stroke, my seat height is then too high, which creates Achilles problems. Which way is safer for the OP probably depends on whether her knees or her ankles/calves are worse...
Knees are my achilles heel. :-) I have not had any ankle or calf issues at all. Most of my knee problems I believe come from my IT band - it's 99.9% on the outside of my knee when my seat and cleats are adjust correctly.

I plan to leave the seat as is, and see how that works, if it doesn't, I'll revert back to riding my hybrid and hope the LBS manages to get it's act together and order the right part this week. It's been going on for 3 weeks now.