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Is the pain down the front of the shin? I've had pain down the outside of my right shin for a while. I think it's a combo of not enough arch support plus tight ITB and hamstring for me. I did find it got worse when I moved my cleats inward so my feet were slightly further apart. This also made my knees feel funny.
I'm not a bike fitter, but I believe generally cleats further back on the shoe is "safer" as long as you drop saddle height a little to compensate for the reduced effective leg length. Definitely better for achilles and knee related stuff, but maybe also for shin?
I think Steve Hogg's cleat fitting page is definitely worth a look. From memory his process is something along the lines of: find the 'knuckles' where your big and little toe join the rest of the foot, mark where they are on the sides of the shoe, draw a line across the sole between them, then put the centre of the cleat a little less than a cm behind the line.
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If my shin hurts when putting power down or cycling at trmpo do my cleats need moving? If so what way?