Fibular head pain caused by SPD pedals?

[hellokathy]

I just recently bought a road bike with SPD pedals. Previous to this I rode a mountain bike with my tennis shoes so I'm new to riding. Anyway, since I started riding the road bike I have developed severe pain on the lower outside and rear area of my knee. From the research I've done online it looks to be my fibular head.

I'm guessing the pain is coming from the pedals not enabling my feet to move into a comfortable position. I don't think the SPD pedals allow me to adjust my feet to different angles so they just point forward. I have adjusted my saddle several times and that doesn't seem to make a difference. Maybe my legs are forced to being too close together? I don't know anymore.

Does anyone have any advice on this? There must be a solution somewhere??

[Zen]

Speedplay Frogs?

[KnottedYet]

+1 on Speedplay Frogs.
http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.frog

[Flybye]

I have had the exact same problem as what you described. Here is what I have found for a solution.



http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...+pain+solution


I hope that helps. I sure spent a bundle before I found a solution.


I was using mountain bike cleats when I started having issues, but have switched to Shimano SPD SL's.

How do those compare with Speedplay's?

[hellokathy]

Thank you for your replies.

I'm still not exactly sure what is causing the pain. There are really two reasons this might be happening...1) Are my legs too close together? 2) Does my legs feel restrained by my feet pointing straight forward and not able to angle?

Wrapping my legs everytime I go for a ride seems like a pain. There must be an easier solution, like some slight adjustment I can make to the way that I ride that will not require me sitting and wrapping both of my legs 4-5 times a week. That's the last resort at this point simply because I know for a fact that the root of the problem lies in the SPD pedals because I never had this problem when I used to ride a cheap mountain bike with tennis shoes.

I will look into the speedplay pedals. If anyone has any other suggestions it would be much appreciated.

[Blueberry]

I wonder if your cleat position isn't correct for your body. Is there someone who can check your fit?

CA