Old 07-15-11, 07:01 PM
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Myosmith
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I fairly recently returned to riding after a long time away and my first mistake was riding in too high a gear at a cadence of probably around 60. After following this and a couple other forums and getting to know some other riders, I began riding with an average cadence of 80-90 on flat ground (got a lot of that around here) and 90+ in a lower gear on uphills. I went from a 5 mile rider four months ago to riding anywhere from 20-50 at a stretch with little or no knee pain the next day. Considering I have somewhat bad knees from numerous abuses over the years, this amazed me as it was my knees that kept me out of running and got me into riding.

I'm not saying what I'm doing is completely "right" but the tip to shift down and pedal faster made a huge difference.
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