Minor Knee Pain

PHILIP1193

Hi All,

Think i know the answer to my own question but i thought i'd seek a bit of extra advice.

Been ramping up how much i ride recently on trails. Strava recons about 30 odd trails miles a week as an average. I must admit from 2 months ago riding not at all I've really taken to like a duck to water.

My seat height is correct and i use flat pedals with proper grippy bottom shoes.

So onto my problem..... the outside of my left knee starts to twinge when i ride hard and mainly up hills as it has more strain on it. I think its a case of RSI as i ride about 4 times a week, which breaks down into about 2-3 rides a week at 8 miles off road and 1 13 miles.

I also find my legs ache a lot, mainly because i doubt they get time to recover.

TL;DR knee hurts, legs ache. Am i not resting enough?

Is my thinking correct?

paddyg77

Have you tried some stretching on your rest days! From not riding at all to regularly, your muscles will be tight. Knee pain could be a tight IT band (runs from hip/pelvis to knee), which can cause lateral knee pain. Google it to find out how to stretch it!

Blue Parker

I would check the seat height again as I was suffering from the same - lots of pain in tendons on outside of left knee, I changed seat height by only a small amount and now no more pain - my seat was a tad too high (about 5 mm). I hope you get it sorted out.