Originally Posted by
PerpetualBob
It's under the knee cap. it's kind of faint so I find it difficult to locate it's exact location.
I should mention that last year I had a knee pain that had me stop cycling for a couple of months.
Back then I suspect it was pushing too hard and the diagnose was tendinitis.
Thing is, it was on the left knee leg know its on the right.
I have a suspicion as to the reason it started again.
Due to the fact that pushing too hard was the reason, I started using much lower shifts and heightened my seat way up.
I had the suspicion the this caused a situation in which I am thrusting my left near the end of the spin (On the lower part) which causes minor shocks to the tendons and makes the light up and ache.
This is sort of far fetched but on the last ride I decided to try to use slightly higher shifts (which made my push more and thrust less).
I finished the ride with no pain what so ever.
Makes any sense?
Thanks!
Yes and no. I don't understand your use of most of the words you use to describe the problem.
On saddle height: With your
heel on the pedal, your knee should completely lock out with your heel just barely touching the pedal at the bottom of the pedal stroke.
When you pedal, pedal with your heel. Feel it fitting into the heel cup in your shoe.
Try doing some one-legged pedaling next time you go out. Prop one foot in the frame triangle and just pedal with the other one. Do that several times to exhaustion, alternating legs. I'm assuming you're using clipless pedals or toe clips and straps. Similarly, you can get better at pedaling by pedaling at very high rpms in very low gears for several minutes at a time.