I'm getting plenty of veggies and more bananas than I really ought to, so I don't think potassium is a problem. I'm doing a calcium/magnesium supplement right now, which I only do intermittently - sometimes those can get out of balance for me.

Knot, do you think I should be concerned about the cramps? On the bike is really the only time I've been getting them, and only after 25+ miles on the road bike - not after an hour run, not after 12-15 miles on the commuter bike, not after a 2-3 hour hike. I've got no risk factors for claudication that I know of. I really think it's just a positioning/conditioning thing.

Anyway the knees are better today with Traumeel internally and externally (great stuff), and a session with my beloved zapper (electro-stim) last night. Good enough to go for a half-decent run and planning on doing the club ride tomorrow. I put my seat back up 2 cm even though the fitter advised raising it by 5 mm at a time "until the pain goes away." I don't think so! From where it is now, I might drop it 3 mm at a time unless the pain comes back before I get back to where he set it.