Originally Posted by
79pmooney
I've busted fenders when I realized it was power past the hangup or crash. Usually if my toe/toeclip clears or near clears the tire, fenders will just push aside then pop past but if my foot absolutely doesn't clear the tire, the fender may end up eating it. Oh, my knees like 175 cranks and really don't like change, so all my bikes are 175. (I keep hearing that short cranks are a plus for knees, especially knees with chrondomalcia patella. Not my knees!)
Ben
I was diagnosed with chrondo about 40 years ago. It was suggested that rest, muscle balancing exorcizes and raising my seat would help. Can't say if these helped as I didn't raise my seat, reduced my riding for a few years and was never good at off bike exercising. I still have some knee issues but now the Drs call it incident damage and arthritis. What I have learned is that RICE costs nothing and we all wear out sometime. Andy