Looking for advice to help dial in my cleat position. I switched from Shimano pedals to Look Keo (Assioma Favero power meter) about a week ago. My previous Shimano cleats were in a perfect position with no knee pain. The cleats were basically as far forward (toward the toe) as they could go, as f…

I went from Ultegra to assioma. The key is to mark where the spindle is, on the Shimano cleats there’s is a little indentation market that shows this location and this is “home”. Now, the XPEDO cleats don’t have a home marker so to speak, but it’s here. The key is to line this up with wherever home …

Dont forget to check stack height.

^^^yep. That being said that the Assioma stack is like 1mm lower so probably not something you’d feel

Is the float the same between your new look cleats and your old shimano’s?

Yes, the float is the same - 6 degrees. Based on @Cleanneon98 ’s suggestion I moved the clear back a couple of mm. Only did an endurance ride with one 15 minute sweet spot interval. Will report back tomorrow after Juneau -1.

Rebooting this thread for a different but related issue. After adjusting the cleat position a little and getting used to it my knee pain is gone. However, since switching to the Look KEOs, I have had a saddle sore on the left side in the same area. I have not changed anything except the cleats. H…

[image] rkoswald: After adjusting the cleat position a little What exactly did you change for position (fore-aft, angle, both) and by how much?

The Shimano cleats are longer front-to-back than the Looks. I overlaid the old Shimano cleat (black and yellow) on top of the Looks (red) based on the marker trace on the bottom of my shoes from the last time I replaced the Shimano cleats. Both are at the same angle but the Looks are back several …

OK, hard to tell for sure, but I am guessing you are more “cleat rear, foot forward” on the pedal than before. If this is true, and your foot is further forward on the pedal axle (assuming nothing else changed), you effectively increased your functional saddle height. That is because with your foo…

@mcneese.chad , just want to thank you for your suggestion. 5mm was the exact right amount to reduce saddle height. The sores are all but gone and my connective tissue and muscles have already adapted to the new position. Much appreciated!!!

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@Stuart_Ogier Lowering the saddle 5mm mostly fixed my issues. I also had a hip misalignment issue that was causing additional problems and is on the mend. I just finished a metric century this morning with no discomfort anywhere.

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