Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site entropy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!alan From: alan@entropy.UUCP (Alan King) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: SPRING TRAINING: aches and pains -- help! Message-ID: <148@entropy.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 14:06:19 EST Article-I.D.: entropy.148 Posted: Tue Mar 5 14:06:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Mar-85 05:17:57 EST Distribution: net Organization: UW MathStat, Seattle Lines: 15 Can someone please help me with a bit of diagnosis? I have just begun to do some "long steady distance" riding after a winter of short distance commuting. After my first ride I experienced pain like a stretched muscle or ligament on the outside of the leg just below the knee. My instinct tells me that there is some sort of torque being applied to the foot: either my toeclips are pulling my toe into the bike (pigeontoed), or my pedal is too close to the frame. Question: is this a common ailment after a first hard ride? Will it go away or is there a potential for serious damage? If I follow my instincts and adjust the toeclips will that take care of it? Or do I need to get new pedals?