Pain in my knees

[allabouteva]

Nanci is right. For me when I climb, especially if it's steep, my cadence drops really low to the 50s, and that really stresses my knees. There's not much I can do, because I'm already in the lowest gear!

I had my bike professionally fitted by a physiotherapist friend who is a mad keen cyclist and specialises in sports physio, when I found that my LBS didn't do it quite right.

[salsabike]

Here is a link to one of the most sensible and complete discussions about cycling knee pain, and what to do about it depending on which part of the knee is affected. You have lots of company (or I wouldn't know about this article!). Have fun on your 50-miler!

http://cptips.com/knee.htm

[RoadRaven]

Sounds like your seat is too high... might just be by millimetres, but it doesn't take much.
Try lowering it a little

Good luck, BikerGal