Hot Knees

stev1ef

Hi Guys,

First time on here.

I've just started cycling to work and bought an average road bike. It seems that when I'm on it I have to push myself to the limit all the time as it just does not let me take it easy on it - it seems I'd be wasting the ride if I didn't use it for a good workout as well as getting to work.

However it seems that my knee gets quite hot at the top of the joint and aches a bit.

Is this just my legs getting fit as I'd previously not done a lot of exercise or something to worry about, maybe because the saddle is in the wrong position...

Does anyone else have this HOT KNEE SYNDROME

alienator

Angelina Jolie has uber hot knees. In fact, I'd have no problem slathering my tongue juice all over them. My knees? Well, not so much.

Knee issues can come from a number of sources. The first thing to check is your position on the bike. A saddle that is too high, too low, too far forward of the BB or too far behind the BB can cause knee issues. You might want to invest a few pesos in having a fit done at a bike shop.

Another source of your issues might be that you're simply going at it too hard for your condition. It takes a while to build up the base miles and accompanying conditioning to allow your body to hammer the pedals.

For now, I'd suggest not pushing so hard, and then I'd look into getting a fitting done.

kdelong

+1 for alienator. BTW, are they using pesos now in Tuscon, or should I say little Mexico ?

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alienator

You can say the Sonoran Desert. I'll leave it to the xenophobes, libertarians, republicans, and Minutemen to coin phrases that soothe their paranoias.