Push thru, bike fit, or visit the doc?

[KnottedYet]

I also say go to Erik Moen. He is one of my heroes!

www.bikept.com

[orcoz]

Hey there!
I've got a message in to Erik. Hopefully I can get in with him soon....
The problem started on my old saddle. Between the ouchy girly parts and the ouchy knee I bought the new saddle - it was just put on a few days ago. I did compensate for the difference in height, but I'm convinced with you all thinking the bike re-fit is going to be key.
Blech - I'm going to have to run for the next couple days instead. It seems so SLOW now....
I love this forum - so glad to have found it!!

[ehirsch83]

definitaly go to a ortho and have the knee checked out!! besides having a bike fit done.

I had very similar pain to what you are describing!!! and I ended up needing knee surgery(mri showed the issue), but I was lucky and was back on the bike within a week of the surgery(but it took me almost 2 months to get it looked at, so I was off the bike off and on for those months).

Just have your bike fitted! make sure your saddle and peddle(ahhh spelling is not looking right but i am having a brain fart) positions are correct, even being off a mm can make a huge difference!

[copaiba]

Being knock-kneed and twitchy butted all my life, I never knew that this condition made it unlikely that I would be athletic. I had always assumed I was " just being lazy." Well, turns out cycling brought out the worst of it. Walking, I can compensate for the odd angle at my knee but when my hips are stationary on a bike seat, the knee is on its own. Being a flat footed/severely pronated walker adds again to the problem. SO the knee isn't going to get better till I get the pedals canted on my bike and I get a custom insert for my shoes AND do some exercises cuz one of my hips just stopped rotating when I walk to (again) compensate for all the other stuff. Some of my clumsiness was also explained as a side effect of all this stuff.

[orcoz]

Hi all!
A quick update for you -
Last Friday I took my bike into the LBS to fit the bike. (Granted, they did this as well when we bought the bike, but hey, I'm ready for anything which will help) They wound up raising my seat over an inch! They adjusted my cleats, and moved my seat back a bit.
I couldn't wait to give it a try! On friday we went out for a short ride - I really worked on keeping my cadence up and feeling like I was "floating" on my pedals - no hard pushing.
While I felt my knee get tight after the first couple of miles, there was no pain!
We went for a bit longer ride yesterday with no problems, and I rode again tonight with no problems -- well my bottom/girlie parts hurt, but that's a different issue....
I'm still planning to see Erik, and then if the problem recurs I'll see the doc.
Yeah! I'm optimistic it's going to work out!

[mimitabby]

Great news, Orcoz. sometimes it takes just a little bit of an adjustment.
Glad they helped you.

[rij73]

Just seeing this thread for the first time, but I had terrible knee pain the first week of cycling and it turned out to be the seat was too low and also too far back. Seat placement is really simple if you're a professional, so I'm surprised your LBS didn't get it right the first time! I bought my bike over the internet, so had to figure out all the fitting stuff myself through trial and error and lots of internet info.

Hope the pain doesn't return for you!