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My wife tried riding with spd's but causes knee pain. She's using toe grips but is struggling to find a good stiff soled shoe. Any recommendations?
Thanks for any ideas.
Toe clips are awful.
SPDs don't cause knee pain, there's probably something else going on - most likely saddle too low? Or cleats in the wrong position?
I use toe clips and beartraps on my tourer, because spd's cause ME knee pain too.
specialised sonama or Tahoe are good with clips.
Toe traps gave my wife knee pain- because they are lethal and she fell of at a junction. Your SPDs need setting up properly, or saddle height. Get thee to a proper roadie bike shop and they'll sort the position out.
I hasten to add, I have used spd's since they were 1st released.
I now cant get on with them. clips and straps work fine for me.
get her some flats
dmr v8s
Thanks ton, We'll have a look at the specialized.
She's tried with spuds for quite a while, different positions and set ups, but just doesn't like them. She's happy with the toe clips, so who am i to argue!
I did mention flats and five tens, but she's not keen on that idea.
I hasten to add, I have used spd's since they were 1st released.
I now cant get on with them.
Exactly the same here.
I found using spd touring pedals helped massively with knee pain.