Indy,
Your not off track. After reading your post acouple times it dawned on me I've been making a mistake. This whole time I was thinking the problem was the bikes gearing. Apparently it's operator error...LOL OMGOD! I can't believe i never figured this out. The reason I been getting knee pain is I was riding in the largest chainring and littlest cog and just plowing thru even though it was killing me. No wonder it was pretty tough pedaling!!!!!
I seriously need to practice shifting....a lot!
All I can say in my defense is I started riding in June...lol.....geez I feel like a smuck! What a really dumb mistake!
THANKYOU!!!!!!! Your brillant ! My knees THANKYOU!!!!!