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Module 003

Set your cleats, free and without limits

It is FramIQ's free module, and it is not a trial version. It calculates your rotation, your fore-aft and your Q-Factor from your morphology, and tells you which shims you need if your two sides are not symmetrical.

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FramIQ cleat recommendations: fore-aft, rotation and Q-Factor
The three values to transfer onto the sole

What it does

The three parameters, calculated on you

The cleat is the anchor point of the whole chain. An error here is paid for at the knee.

Rotation

0° to +5°

Your foot's opening angle, your Fick angle. Forcing a foot to 0° when it naturally sits at +5° means a knee twist on every pedal stroke.

Fore-aft position

The pedal axle under the head of the first metatarsal, with 1 to 3 mm of setback recommended for long distance.

Q-Factor

The width between your feet, to match your pelvis width. Too wide, the knee drifts into valgus.

Left/right asymmetry

60 to 70% of cyclists

Detected then corrected with shims, thickness spacers placed under the cleat on the short side.

What you get

Values to transfer onto the sole

Settings per foot

Rotation and fore-aft, left side and right side separately, because your two feet are not identical.

Shims and pedal axle

The shim thickness to add if the asymmetry justifies it, and the recommended pedal axle length, from 51 to 58 mm.

All systems

Look Keo, Shimano SPD-SL, Wahoo Speedplay, Shimano SPD, Crankbrothers and Time ATAC. The adjustment landmarks change, the logic does not.

No limit

As many calculations as you want, on as many pairs of shoes as you want, without paying anything.

The process

How to use it

  1. Your cleat system

    The module adapts its landmarks to Look, SPD-SL, Speedplay, SPD, Crankbrothers or Time ATAC.

  2. Your foot measurements

    Length, width, natural angle, plus any knee history.

  3. The values to apply

    Rotation and fore-aft per foot, Q-Factor, asymmetry correction if needed.

  4. The check after a few rides

    You look at cleat wear: asymmetric wear is a signal, not a detail.

If knee pain persists despite a careful setup, it is no longer a cleat problem. A stiff ankle or an asymmetric pelvis throws off the whole setting, and that is treated in a clinical assessment.

The method

The complete guide, protocol by protocol

This page says what the app does. The guide says how to adjust, and why.

The cleat module costs nothing — start there

Rotation, fore-aft, Q-Factor, asymmetry. Free, unlimited, no paid account — and it is often what fixes the knee pain.

Free unlimited cleat module