Pain in right knee

SloppySchleckonds wrote:

GT Destroyer wrote:

pushed for a set time for 4.4 miles, at miles 50-54.4.

How hard did you push?

Very hard, but had the wind behind me so that helped - Averaged at 30.1 mph over the 4.4 miles.

GT Destroyer wrote:

I rode 30 odd miles, and pushed like crazy for a good time on a time trial.

A 30 mile TT, at what pace?

The TT was 10 miles, 30 miles was the total getting there n back. For the TT I manged 30.27 seconds, so just under 20 mph for the 10 miles, wind against me for the first 5 miles, that was hard.

bahzob wrote:

I have had similar in both knees. Every time the solution was to make controlled changes to bike setup especially seat (height and forward/back) and, as mentioned above, cleat adjustment. Sometimes the difference between OK and hurt was just a few mm one way or another.

You can do this yourself or, if not already done, I'd suggest getting a bike fit from a good bike fitter who knows what they are doing. If you are doing TTs they should also be able to help with set-up for that too as your position, even on a road bike, will be different from normal riding. IMO a good bike fit is the single best investment of money anyone doing a lot of cycling can make.

I tell you what, is interesting you mentioned the seat adjustment. I went out today and got in 86 miles, but knew my knee would start playing up almost as soon as I started on the pedals, so took it very easy, scraped a 15mph average for the whole ride. I was trying to shift my weight around to see if it improved things and moving back on the saddle seemed to make it easier on my knee, but I don't know if it was just in my head! Also I am bowlegged, straight down from hip to knee, then from knee to feet, they curve right out, so I might be un-knowingly putting more pressure on the outside edge of my knee.

Is weird though how its only one knee, and that I had ridden hundreds of miles up to that point last Saturday, and not had this pain.

I will see if I can get properly fitted for it too, my inexperience with properly fitting on a road bike is massive, so will look to do that in the near future as well.

well am pleased to say that I've got back in to it after a few days off, and although I haven't pushed it as hard as I did when the pain started, I have had no pain from it whatsoever, so I think it was a knock I took on it rather than anything to do with position on the bike etc.....(fingers crossed)

out again today on a 60 miler, with some climbing, and no pains or aches at all, am 99% sure it was down to a knock I took on it whilst not riding