Garmin does not have any recommendation on what to do with the data afaik… I could not find anything posted on ST or on the web.
Does anyone have any tidbits to share on the numbers below or how they have used the numbers to tweak positions? thanks in advance for any help.
Road Bike / Shoes
New shoes, trying to find the best position. After my first test run the cycling dynamic numbers showing the numbers below, from viewing the cleat is definitely not centered, so have adjusted that and need to do another test.
TT bike/shoes
These are segment of a recent race, 20 mins max power. My read is that the right cleat could be moved in towards the center line.
It’s an interesting paradox… having all this data and trying to make good use of it.
I had my fitter over and we were looking at the same issue.
Tweaked the cleat location, shimmed the cleats, moved position… and still saw the offset.
One was 0 and one goes from 3 to 12 mm off.
Our conclusion was:
A. Tech is great, but don’t find a solution looking for a problem.
B. Get the best position you can, ride, and if you don’t have any ankle, knee or hip issues, why worry about 3 to 8 mm?
C. This may not be related to cleat position, but maybe more about pressure points of your feet. If you tend to be on the outsides, the pedal could sense that pressure shift and interpret is an offset issue. No one is symetric, so what’s going on left and right might be a deficiency in your body.
D. It could also be an issue of the torque used to install the pedals. Couple Nm difference side to side and it could show up like that.
Get the fit dialed in.
No pain, great power position, left-right balance is good, RIDE ON IMO.
I don’t think there’s any real actionable data in the dynamics.
Take force offset from centre of pedal. Why is force through any point of the shaft superior to another point? How does this relate to Q factor of the cranks, is there a relation? if there is does it matter?
If Garmin thought any of these were actionable we’d know about it in bucket loads…
