Originally Posted by
Chantelst
Thanks for all the responses everyone!!
Im not sure what my cadence is Matchka.
These are definitely bruises not a rash...and bub is too small to kick me...just yet.
The bruises come up only after a ride. They first come up dark purple/blue/black with bits of pink in them and the after about 2/3 days they turn that horrid yellow/tobacco colour for around a week.
Could maybe be broken blood vessels...Anyone know how cycling causes that? Does it get better? Or will it always happen?
What I was thinking is that if your cadence is slow and you're really mashing, perhaps you're bursting capillaries.
Also ... have you fallen? I slipped on icy roads while riding once, and landed on my knee. It felt like water was pouring down my leg but I checked and my leg was dry so I kept riding. I got home and took my tights off, and my whole leg was black ... one massive bruise. I went to the Dr who determined that I had ruptured a bursa in my knee and the fluid in the bursa had run down my leg, inside the skin. But it was OK ... the bursa would regrow and the blackness would dissolve like a bruise does ... and that's what happened, my whole leg went purple and green and yellow ...