My knees are killing me...

[arielmoon]

Sooo.... Now the right knee is feeling good but it appears that the settings are making my left knee hurt now. I am considering shimming the right cleat to compensate for this.

I had surgery on the left knee last summer after having an accident on my horse. Torn meniscus, strained CL's and ACL and there was some damage cause by my patella. Ok so the pain in my left knee is in the front, patella area and I found that sitting way back on my saddle made it feel better. I moved the seat back a hair more and will see how that goes today.

Also notice that mashing (within reason) feels better to the right knee than spinning. The more the quad does the less the knee hurts.

I iced both knees after my 21 mile ride yesterday and they both feel good- in fact better than they have since the century.

I dont think I mentioned before that I dont have and ACL in my right knee- it was torn when I was 13 and never repaired. One of the guys at the LBS thinks this is part of my problem. I have no idea. I am not going to go back to my DR cause he just wants me to change my lifestyle and that just isnt going to happen. I feel confident this is something I can manage if I can get the settings right on the bike.