Originally Posted by The Historian
Hi fellow Clydes,
I took a clipless fall today, landing on my left knee. Nothing appears to be broken, and I was able to pedal the seven or so miles back to my car, and then drive to the bike shop to have my bike worked on. There's spots of road rash, a little blood, and now some swelling and stiffness. I'm icing it and taking aspirin.
I'm scheduled to ride in a charity event tomorrow morning - 15 miles. I'd rather not withdraw from it. Should I try to complete it? Or ride in the 5 mile group instead?
Realisitcally, if you would have done real damage, you would not have been riding back to your car
. However you get pain and swelling for a reason, when you injure a joint, pain suggests you not move it and swelling stiffens the joint so that it can heal properly without movement doing more damage. My suggestion, take a few days off bike, until the swelling goes down, keep your feet up, and let your spouse/kids do the running around, use a couple of personal days from work, enjoy your injury
