Locked up knee....

[CorsairMac]

Sorry to hear that Bent! Let us know how the MRI turns out and what the final decision is! The nice thing about bikes: unconditional love! Your bent will be right where you left her when you're finally through all this and can get back to riding!

[MomOnBike]

Wow, that knee must have been swelled up like a canteloupe!

You're going to want to take care of it.

One (spendy) thing you might want to consider is shorter cranks to keep the knees happy. If male 'bent riders are preferring 155-165c cranks, probably women should look into them too. You're poor knee won't have as much bending to do. It might help.

Oh, and never, ever mash. (Of course, you knew that, and never do anyway...)

[susiej]

Oh, and never, ever mash. (Of course, you knew that, and never do anyway...)

Um, what's mashing? Is it the opposite of spinning like a wildwoman to get up a hill?

Bent, good luck with that knee and here's hoping you don't need surgery! Biking is the best thing for my tricky knee, as long as the gears are low enough.

--SJ

[bentforlife]

I have the MRI scheduled for Saturday morning.

Actually I have a 31 inch inseam and have never felt any discomfort while biking. I know not to "mash" so that's not a problem. The gear ratio on the bent is pretty low, 24-123, 27 gears, so I have pretty good range of gearing. I may think about the shorter cranks, eventually. After the fairing and car carrier I want to get.

I think this is just an old injury lifting up it's ugly head. Both knees have been scoped in the past for torn cartilidge and I think that's the problem here. The MRI will tell all, hopefully.

I'll let you know something when I know.

Donna