Originally Posted by dustinlikewhat
I finally got my new bike all together, and today I actually had a chance to ride it. head outside, start pedaling, hell yeah it fits great! oh wait what's this, why is my knee killing me? so the knee that I twisted while stupid drunk a few months ago is hurting again, great.
I know that there have been more than a few "my knee hurts" threads on here, but here we go again...
so this is what's hurting, my left knee, just to the right of the cap, at the top of the shin bone. it wasn't really noticeable other than when I was slowing down. anyone else had something similar?
if I've done some permanent damage, then I guess I'll be switching over to single speed, eww brakes!!!! so yeah, wheee.
Had pain in exactly the same spot (both knees, bad and worse) after changing to
brakeless bike waiting for winter and rebuilding my summer whip.
After three weeks of riding, no more pain - I like to think about it as readjusting. Edit: I did modify my fit in the meantime: tilted the bars up, lowered the stem and moved the saddle forward a bit.