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Old 01-03-19 | 08:17 AM
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edsrx
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From: Canaa, NH

Bikes: Specialized Tarmac Comp, GT Lightening mountain bike

Artificial knee replacement

When I first got my left knee replaced (4 unit job) I could not run but I could ride my bike. Well, I guess I rode it too hard about 4 years ago when I rode 3,200 miles that summer, including 8 100 milers and climbed all the big hills in northern New Hampshire, Vermont and western Maine.
But now, I can barely pedal my mountain bike and my precious rode bike sits in the basement.

Someone gave me a tip: change the left pedal crank to 165 and leave the right pedal at 175. Has anybody done this? I will go to my bike shop as soon as the snow is gone for good and see if they can make the change. Any advice about getting more range of motion in my knee is appreciated. I saw a Dr. at the Alpine Clinic in Franconia NH last year. He gave me the bad news that some of the ligature in the artificial knee had calcified and that a complete new artificial knee should be avoided at all costs because of the difficulty of fixing the problem.

Happy New Year everybody.

Ed
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