Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - knee pain?

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flayz
06-25-11, 11:30 AM
just converted my roadie to a fixed....

i find that my knees are starting to hurt a little



this is obviously from the higher cadence of riding a fixed....

would that mean my riding position is incorrect?


or would it help to gear down

right now im running 52/20
.... gonna swap it to 52/17


TejanoTrackie
06-25-11, 11:36 AM
You got it bass ackwards. Mashing a higher (harder) gear is worse than spinning a lower (easier) gear. You may have your seat too low
and / or poor pedalling technique.

flayz
06-25-11, 11:40 AM
i think my seat is too low.....

im ordering a new seatpost atm.... as my current seatpost is like a mere 180mm in length -.-


frantik
06-25-11, 11:41 AM
yeah your knees don't hurt from higher cadence but from mashing more off the starts and also stopping by resisting the pedals

riding SS will make my knees hurt a bit, riding FG made them hurt a lot :lol: if you prefer to spin you can lower your gearing