There happens to be a little write-up on Velonews about this topic:
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/coaches-panel/coaches-panel-how-to-overcome-achilles-tendon-problems_107533
Hope it's helpful,
Joe
> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 17:34:14 -0700
> Subject: [RBW] Re: Achilles pain
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+1 for the saddle being too high. Switched pedals on my go-fast MCRB
a couple years ago to a Speedplays (which ahve a very low stack
height). This meant that I was "stretching" for the pedal at the
bottom of each stroke, and caused a TON of Achilles pain.
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On Apr 6, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Shawn wrote:
After an 80 mile ride on Saturday I had pain in my left Achilles. I
rode clipped in. What might be the cause of the pain?
Saddle too low, irritation from sock or shoe putting pressure on the
tendon sheath, cleat too close to the toes, too many miles
I"m sure most of us have had similar aches over the years. To me it
sounds like your just overdid it doubling your distance quickly. It
may be a sign that there is something slightly wrong in your alignment/
position. It may be a good proactive step to have a bike fit expert
check it out. You may s
Doug,
I have done a couple of 40 mile rides this year. The terrain is the
same. I probably over did it a bit, since the pain was only in my left
Achilles I want to make sure it isn't something in my set up.
Shawn
On Apr 6, 5:40 pm, doug peterson wrote:
> Shawn:
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> Have you done much riding this
pedal float just means that your foot can move around on the pedals,
and my understanding is that some clip systems have some extra degrees-
of-freedom built-in.If you foot is locked in one position on the
pedal, it might lead to RSI (repetitive stress injury). If it keeps
hurting, you should
Nothing has changed in my set up. The pedals are almost two yrs old.
What is pedal float?
On Apr 6, 5:31 pm, happyriding wrote:
> On Apr 6, 3:17 pm, Shawn wrote:
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> > After an 80 mile ride on Saturday I had pain in my left Achilles. I
> > rode clipped in. What might be the cause of the pain?
>
Shawn:
Have you done much riding this season? Is this a significantly longer
distance than normal? New terrain? More hills? 80 miles coming off
this winter (depending on where you live) could be over-doing it a
bit. New bike? Changes from the old bike? Could be a lot of stuff.
dougP
On Ap
On Apr 6, 3:17 pm, Shawn wrote:
> After an 80 mile ride on Saturday I had pain in my left Achilles. I
> rode clipped in. What might be the cause of the pain?
Do your pedals have float? New pedals or old pedals?
Your saddle might be too high. Any recent changes?
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Geez... could be anything; could be you just over extended it.
Could be an over-use injury caused by the 80mi ride, or might not even
have anything to do with it.
I've had various strange injuries and muscle pains here and there
since I was a teenager riding a skateboard, and probably even befor
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