Feeling sorry for myself.

I sympathise with both issues matey, I know the feeling having new bits and not being able to fit them, but it's usually my fault for ordering wrong sizes or something :oops:

And just recently I've started having knee issues too. Starts aching on a ride and for the next 2 or 3 days I'm in bloody agaony. I may be 30 and wearing out as it were, but when it comes to medical issues I still have the mentality of a teenager and hope it'll go away on its own

Hope the knee gets better dude, and even if you don't get the bits fitted in time there's always the next ride

Knees seem to start giving people problems at our age (I'm 37). Mine are OK most of the time but can suddenly collapse on me when climbing a style (not good when carrying a bike).

Worth getting them checked out if you have problems, my wife has had one of her knees done at 35 and it's made a huge difference, Going to get the other sorted asap.

Im 38 and had terrible knee problems in my youth, but they are fine now. They even stand up to singlespeeding, but dont get me started on backs.
Hope your knee mends soon I know what your going through, I broke my thumb the day before picking up a new bike.

generally I always get knee niggles checked by my pet sports physio...

Too many issues can present as knee pain so I like to be safe, pain after exercise is not a good sign, get it checked to be sure as it might be easily preventable before it gets worse, particularly if it is caused by muscle inbalances.

lost-time wrote:

Cheers guys. Hopefully the knee prob is a one off as I've never had probs with them before, not even a twinge.

Andy, I went for 183mm rotors front and rear like what I'm running now. Anything bigger up front and you need to start freeriding!

I love my 203 front rotor. The weight difference isn't noticable and i love the fact that even in places like Afan it never fades at all, like the old 185 did going down a relatively long hill in Dover once. Do you remember the time when you squirted water out of your Camelback onto your disc's and created your own outdoor sauner, well i had no front brake whatsoever by the bottom of that hill!

Anyway, i am joining you in the "feeling sorry for myself" club. Was riding home from work last night and was just fooking about down Summerfield Avenue, jumping off the cirbs and doing really tight turns all over the road when i lost the front end, falling to the right and landing realy hard onto my right knee! Must have landed on a stone, as i had a nice puncture wound and could see the underlying tissue moving around underneith through the hole :shock: I thought i could see bone at first, but that was just me being a drama queen :roll: So, instead of going riding with Nick and Russ in Surry today, i am sitting here contenplating wheather or not to go to the A&E in Margate to get it x-rayed, as it bloody hurts when i push down on the kneecap and when going up and down stairs. What do you guy's reccon, am i being paranoid or should i play it safe and get it looked at? The annoying thing is i was at the minor injuries unit for about 2 hours last night and despite me saying about 4 times i mainly want the knee joint itself looking at, all he did was sort the cut. I was so board and hungry at this point though i couldn't be arsed and just wanted to go home!

I'm off to go shout at myself for being so BLOODY STUPID!! again now, then i'll probably have a little sulk

I'm just getting into my 30's and i'm starting to feel the odd ping in my knee's and the small of my back, I'm trying to be proactive about it. I do the odd sit-up a night to try to keep my core strong to help my back and take Glocosamine & Chondroitin / Fish Oil tablets to keep the old joints strong and lubed.

I'm waiting for my new shifters to arrive, bought a pair on ebay from differnt sellers, the right has turned up, but the left is still AWOL. Still can't complain, new '08 X9's in a box, £15 for the front, £17 for the rear.

lost-time wrote:

Ouch! Mine nearly brought a few tears to my eyes!

I did mine at work and is nothing to do with cycling. I hope it will heal ok.

The pills I'm on have different ingrediants to ibuprofen. Ibuprofen is only a mild NSAID where as these ones I'm on a somewhat stronger Hopefully it was just the twisting action thats caused my tear as I've had ne previous probs with my knees. If probs persist after the pills run out then it's off to the MRI scanner to check things out further.

Paul

Diclofenac by any chance?? Had those puppies too, along with a whole bunch of the big boy 500/30 cocode and some 5mg diazepam for night time (apparently valium are anti-spasmodics.....to be honest they just turned my brain to moosh!)

Mine was also caused by a twisting injury....leg all tangled up in the bike during a big tumble....all better now though.....my best advice....do whatever the physio tells you....every session I had, they said how obvious it was that I was doing the stuff, because it was healing as they expected. I got their OK to push the excersises up a bit, so that I could hold some of the muscle....after a couple of months in a leg brace, then a couple more on crutches, the muscle waste was very visible....scary stuff.