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  • It's a known thing on ultra races. Cleats right back and saddle down a bit.

    You'll probably find there's a saddle height at which it suddenly stops hurting. Ideally it's above the point at which your knees start hurting!

  • Thanks for the tips.

    Also cheers @snottyotter.

    Once it’s recovered going to make a few changes, particularly shorter cranks cos I prefer those anyway (and I need to replace the ones that are on there), saddle down and pedalling closer to centre of my foot.

    I was actually cycling in sandals (not spds) and was positioning my foot right back cos of some low speed toeverlap manoeuvring issues I had. Shorter cranks and maybe just getting used to shifting my foot position around depending on speed should sort it :). Reckon the sandals didn’t help for ankle support? So comfy and not had any issues before :-(

  • Putting your foot back with your saddle at the same height increases your effective saddle height, as you are taking a bit of your foot out of the equation. That on its own could certainly tweak your achilles!

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