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Love these, nice build!
Have you had a bike fit?
I used to get knee paint quite a bit, on any ride longer than an hour really, and sometimes my knee (think it was only the left one) would hurt even a day or two after a long ride.
At the time I self diagnosed (based on lots of internet research) that the saddle was too high but the pain didn't stop. Finally went and had a bike fit and it turned out that the saddle was actually too low!
Haven't had any knee pain since. I think the forum's favourite fitters are the bike whisperer and cyclefit. Couldn't get an appointment with cyclefit for ages so went to Bespoke instead which seemed to work for me.
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I've been riding this each day for a week now and first impressions are great. I said earlier or in the other thread that the front carbon half was forgiving and the rear was stiff. Well that's not true, I was running low PSI not deliberately. At anything normal like 80psi or so, it's silly stiff, the whole thing.
This means it really goes with very little effort and rides like a much lighter bike.
However, I've been getting some hellish knee pain, mainly behind my knees but some at the front too. This suggests to me that the saddle is too high but my knees aren't fully extended at the bottom of the pedal stroke and I feel comfortable riding mostly. I don't want to drop the saddle any more. There's already less post showing than I'd like. I think I may have to concede that it's too big for me. But I'll give it a bit longer first.