Possible Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL).

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Formerly TriBrad02

Saddle too low is exactly how I got that pain in the first place. With that said, the more you lower your saddle, the more you are increasing the angle from your hip to your ankle. If the Q factor on your crankset/pedal combo was already too wide, now you're making it worse.

You've said shoes and pedals are the same but what crankset did you have before and what do you have now? How long are the crank arms? Are the crank arms the same length on this bike as your last?

My #1 piece of advice is to see a fitter. In the absence of you actually doing that, here are things you can do:
- Look for pedals with shorter spindles
- Look for a crankset with a narrower Q factor
- Get shorter crank arms
- Raise your saddle back up

Not much information to go on here: Patella tendonitis? Pes anserine bursitis? Patello-femoral pain syndrome? Osgood schlatter disease?

John

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John H. Post, III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Charlottesville, VA

Almost non-existent chance this is Osgood-Schlatter.

soobrex1 - well, I have to admit you got me there. But in that the forum is all cloak and dagger anonymous stuff, in the interest of being complete I put it in. But most likely you are correct.

John

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John H. Post, III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Charlottesville, VA