So I went and had my knee injured in a soccer match a few weeks ago and at this point im pretty much fed up with not biking.

I was wondering if it would cause damage to remove one crank arm and just use my good leg to bike to work.

Since ive started to wonder I've realized that this wont work as id like because its my right leg thats bum and by removing the crank arm I would also have to remove the parts that would facilitate biking. So removing the pedal will be good enough.

Also, and dont bite my head off for this Q, but should I do this with one of my (preinjury) daily commuters or should I use the fixie I just bought for a reasonable price(came with a messenger bag too!)? I hope you can address this question from a physiological standpoint and not a disdain for fixies standpoint. Either way i'll be using a cage and leather strap on the pedalling pedal.

If I had two legs Id be riding my Raleigh and breaking in my new Brooks, but for the next 3 weeks I cant


Hope you can help! Has anyone else had to resort to this... on purpose?