Knees hurt Cycling to work

monkeysnapper

I have a giant racer and have done lots of training this year to do a few long charity runs which I did no problem .

I bought a cheap 300 euro touring bike a few months ago to continue cycling to work with panier bags for work stuff. The bike seems a bit heavy but thought its only a mile to work.
Thing is my knees are starting to give me discomfort , especially going down stairs , could this be the set up of the bike maybe, its only seemed to have come on since I started cycling to work .

Yourmama

I was in very similar position with the only difference my knees gave me trouble while cycling the new commuter only. Turned out cleats where positioned too far back. Little readjustment and all is good again. Google proper cleats position and have it adjusted or go for professional bike fit but this will cost you over 150 euro for two bikes

Avatar MIA

Saddle height might be an issue too.

monkeysnapper

Yourmama wrote: »

I was in very similar position with the only difference my knees gave me trouble while cycling the new commuter only. Turned out cleats where positioned too far back. Little readjustment and all is good again. Google proper cleats position and have it adjusted or go for professional bike fit but this will cost you over 150 euro for two bikes

You both might something, I was OK at start, as part of my training I took a long route home , 5 miles and was OK.

I put seat down a little and put in toe straps . maybe this is the problem, bike is so cheap I had to drill holes in pedals to fit them . might look at seat first .

Unknown Soldier

Also check the length of your cranks compared to the other bike.

If the cranks were 5mm shorter then you'd have to add that to your saddle height and vice versa.

Also try and emulate the forward/backward position of the saddle but really that would depend on the likeness in frames unless you use the centre of the cranks for guidance.

Lusk_Doyle

I'd stop going to work. Your knees won't hurt anymore.

You're welcome.

Not medical advice.

Civilian_Target

I had similar difficulties at some point. I went and got a fitting for my bike - found a lot of my technique was wrong, and the problems went away quickly afterwards

Cee-Jay-Cee

Pain at the front of the knees may be due to the saddle being too low (not too high as that can emanate as pain at the back of the knee)