A couple of years ago I tore the attachment of my biceps femoris in my hamstring off and had to have it surgically repaired (bolted back on the the bottom of my IT). Everything seemed fine for a year, then progressively went downhill. Recently Ive been having hamstring tightness and soreness as well as a weird nerve tingling sensation during and after biking. It doesnt hurt during or after running. I just took a nice 6 week break hoping it would heal. I returned first to swimming, then running, and just added biking today. The swimming and running never presented a problem. The first biking session today brought back that all too familiar feeling.

I think I need to alter my bike set up in some way Im just not sure how to go about it. Im currently running 170mm cranks. Im about 5'7". I used to have my seat higher, but my power output went way down so I lowered it back down.

Ive read a few places that shorter cranks can be a possible solution to hamstring tightness. Also that it may be coupled with a lowering of the seat to reduce the lengthening? I cant really move my seat forward or down anymore due to my knees hitting the armrests.

Also, Ive heard some wives tales of Q-Rings or Osymetric rings being a fix. Any truth to that? Would it be worth considering?

Could moving my cleats help?

I FEEL (as subjective and biased as that is) that Im having issues that my shin is getting "in front of" my knee almost like I was overstriding in running and that sensation of pushing down and back through the pedal stroke may be where Im having issues.


Any thoughts??? (constructive or otherwise...)