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What is the best cleat position on my cycling shoes? |
I know the cleat should be positioned over the pedal axle for the fore/aft, but what about left to right? I have a difficult time keeping my knees in toward the top tube, I wonder if moving the cleats side-to-side would help me keep a better position? If not, any good advice to help with the knee position? If you point the cleat a tad towards the outside of the shoe, you'll probably find that this helps keep your knees in. Its all personal preference with cleat adjustments... Good luck Source(s): work in a bike shop the spindle should be roughly under the ball of your foot. this is kind of a personal preference. some like it foward others behind. what i would highly recommend if you can afford it is having your shop fit you. they can install wedges under the cleat to compensate for pronation or supination in your legs. my shop charges $75 to fit you to your bike. that gives you a good starting point and you can kind of tweek it from there. in my case i set my cleats so the spindle is ahead of the ball of my foot. i like it more on the toe. i also moved them in so my shoe rides as far out as possible, and i angle them so my heals are in. my feet tend to toe outward naturally and i try to mimic that as closely as i can. also i find if you are overweight, it makes it hard to keep your knees in. your stomach tends to push them outward. you can usually compensate for that by focusing on good form until it becomes second nature. If you sit on a table, With your legs dangling from the knees you will notice that you feet are not resting parallel! they are more likely to splay outward (maybe one foot more than the other!!!) If this is extreme and you walk at 'ten to two' then position your cleats so that you ride at 'ten to two'!!! Generally, your cleats will be facing the front of the shoe with an almost imperceptible slant to the outside! - (Some time trialists take this to the extreme and they look like cripples, unless you know what you are doing, I advise -DON'T!!) Position slightly behind the ball of the foot for comfort, or forward for power. Again, like saddles, they take a bit of experimentation to set up. If you go to the extremes, then you will be given a friendly warning by your knees!! take heed if that happens. Good luck. You've got quite a bit of good advice here already. The best place to start, however, I would say, is with your cleats set so that your feet point directly to the front. This is the "usual" position. You could perhaps experiment with your toes pointing *slightly* inward, but I'd be very careful of pointing your toes outward, because that could easily cause knee problems. Several of the posts address the position of the cleat. Do you tend to walk on the outside edge of you feet more than just flat? If the cleats are positioned properly check these out. Go to "excelsports,com" and go to "shoes & peddles", then "cleats & parts" and check out the "wedge shims" this might be just what your looking for. |
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