Long Wheel Base Posted February 28, 2018 Share Agree with Myles. It's a change of bike, so the fit will probably be different, in some way (isn't the Q-factor of a MTB crankset bigger than a road one?) so your body will either need time to adjust, or will want the fit between the 2 bikes adjusted? (I put a MTB crankset on a CX frame and had knee issues. Swapped it our for a road crank....problem solved. PS I'm a roadie).What is the Q-factor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Boab Posted February 28, 2018 Share What is the Q-factor? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_factor_(bicycles) Long Wheel Base and FrikkieMeyer87 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Wheel Base Posted February 28, 2018 Share https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_factor_(bicycles)Thanks, interesting. Makes me think of the movie about Graham Obree where he wanted his 'Q-factor" to be the width of a banana. Fat Boab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 28, 2018 Share Thanks, interesting. Makes me think of the movie about Graham Obree where he wanted his 'Q-factor" to be the width of a banana.for scale... Long Wheel Base 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Boab Posted February 28, 2018 Share Thanks, interesting. Makes me think of the movie about Graham Obree where he wanted his 'Q-factor" to be the width of a banana. Exactly where I first came across the term as well!for scale... That's not a banana. THIS is a banana....... Captain Fastbastard Mayhem and Long Wheel Base 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popit Posted February 28, 2018 Share A quick fix would be to lower your saddle 2 - 3 mm .See if that helps .Also drop a plumbline from the front of your knee through the ball of your foot .This done whilst the cranks are parallel to the ground . Use the front foot .It will determine if you need to move your saddle position forward or back . These are quick fixes if you can't get to a setup guy and still want to ride . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Davis Posted October 11, 2020 Share So i mostly ride enduro on flats and i can comfortably ride for 4 hours with decent elevation and no pain (im 32 by the way) I recently decided to do the argus on a road bike and have been doing a few training rides, yesterday being my first 50k, and im getting a sharp pain in my right hip an hour or so into the ride Is there anything that would cause this on a road bike, or with the cleats? Or is this just the repetitive motion that im not used to, as apposed to the start / stop of enduro riding? I know this issue can be caused by a plethora of things, but was wondering if there is something simple that ive overlooked and could adjust LukeExperiment with small changes in the angle of your cleats. I cured all sorts of pain by getting the angle right and I am MUCH older than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR ◣◢ Posted October 11, 2020 Share I’m thinking the pain is gone by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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