Oh my poor knees. Just rode 7 miles out-and-back for a paper on my new Fort fixie/SS, and my knees are killing me. I decided I'd ride the freewheel, so I had a chance to get used to the bike before having to get used to fixed (man that thing has quick steering). I really need to get in shape. And does anyone else find it really hard to keep a consistent speed on SS, or is it just me? But I do like my bullhorns though, it's so much easier to pedal with them than on the hoods of my drops.

I can't understand why my knees are hurting so much; they don't like my road bike much, but they hate this thing I have the same pedals, set to the same tension, using the same shoes and cleats. The seat might be a little lower, I'll check tonight, but the only thing I can think of is that the cranks are a bit shorter (165 instead of 172.5).

And the worst bit is, I split the crotch on my shorts when I got on outside my house. Every time I got back on it ripped a bit more, now I have a 3 inch hole right... there Hooray for linings though.