Justin, I had severe ITB pain that took me off the bike for several months. When the inflammation finally receded, I was limited to <10 miles for a while before it cropped back up.
I still have it, and probably will forever, but it's greatly reduced to the point I can pretty much ride as long as I want. There will be little twinges here and there, but not the debilitating pain that it was. Sooooo, that said, my fit solution consisted of lowering my saddle ~5mm and going exclusively to SPD pedals. I canted my heel INBOARD as far as I could (angled toe out), and pushed the cleats OUTBOARD as far as possible to widen the Q factor. Now the cleats don't have a ton of adjustability, so that widening wasn't huge, *maybe *5mm or so each side, for a total 1cm wider Q. I can't isolate the one change that benefited me the most, but I would put my money on keeping my heel in with the SPDs. I also bought a foam roller and did some stretches, but haven't done those in a while. I'm slowly raising my saddles back up a bit. >From what I've researched and talked to people, there isn't a single fix. It's a VERY individualized causation and therefore solution. All my good bookmarks have been deleted in the great crash of '11, but I'll try to dig through some gmail and forward you what I can find. On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Justin August <justinaug...@gmail.com>wrote: > I know this has been gone over and over but I'm looking for some first > hand experiences. I've noticed in the past few weeks that my leg hurts > substantially more after riding my Bleriot with Ritchey/Sugino triple > and RMX sneaker pedals than on my fixed Motobecane with a Sugino RD > crank and MKS sylvans. Given that folks seem to correlate higher q > factor (to a point) with lowered IT band pain I'm looking for > solutions. > > Can I overcome this replacement spindles for the MKS pedals or would I > be advised to get a crankset with a higher q factor for the Bleriot to > alleviate my pain? > > -Justin > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA *...in terms of recreational cycling there are many riders who would probably benefit more from improving their taste than from improving their performance.* - RTMS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
