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[Closed] SPD-SL on 25 cm Q-factor fanbike - how to avoid knee pain?

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I've mounted SP-SL pedals to my Rouge Echo fanbike, but its huge 25 cm Q factor is making my knees hurt I believe, not helped by using blue cleats with minimal float (my roadbike has a 15 cm Q factor).

Get another pair of shoes and use yellow cleats angled more outwards?


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 1:40 pm
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This is going to be killing aero no? 🤭

(Yeah I know it's stationery).


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 1:47 pm
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Maybe you’re just putting too much power down for your knees?


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 1:49 pm
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Are you sure it's not your watts bending the cranks in every rotation?


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 2:01 pm
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Do you have (or can borrow) some grippy flat pedals? Do a few sessions with them, and if pain free then you have a basis of a useable foot position.


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 2:12 pm
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This is a fatbike problem. SPD-SL might be unfeasible, guess the next step would be testing different/angled out cleats to see if the problem goes away then, if not I'll need to put the flats back on.


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 2:31 pm
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Road shoes on a fat bike... interesting!


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 2:38 pm
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Do not recommend


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 5:01 pm
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This is going to be killing aero no? 🤭
(Yeah I know it’s stationery)

Well, on paper it is, yeah


 
Posted : 10/07/2020 5:30 pm