On Apr 9, 11:29 am, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm curious to hear from oldsters (ie, older than young-uns like > myself at a just-turned-57) who ride fixed or ss: how's y'all's knees?
I've had recurring knee twinges for years, since a high school track injury ended my running days and sent me onto the bike. I've noticed it a lot more in the last few years -- basically since I began racing singlespeed -- that my knees, espcially my right knee, will twinge more often. I noticed it last year when I experimented with "working out/training to race". While I did lose weight working out in a gym, and my muscles got stronger, my joints did not. By the end of short-track season I was ready for the several weeks away from the singlespeed bike before cyclocross. By mid-November, the combination of singlespeed racing, thick mud and dropping temperatures forced me to skip the last four local races of the season because my knees couldn't handle it. A cut in hours at work meant the end of the gym membership this winter/ spring. When I pulled out the singlespeed bike to just ride around the neighborhood, I slapped on a bigger cog in the rear and it still didn't help. I've ridden the SS bike three times since New Year's, and I will most likely sell it this spring. I can't afford knee replacement surgery, so instead I'm listening to my body and taking preventative steps to insure I'll have these knees for as long as I can. If that means hanging up racing (and specifically singlespeed racing/riding), so be it. I had a good run and I'm ready to Get Mellow. Beth in PDX, where it's only hilly part of the time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
