Originally Posted by
BikeArkansas
I have seen some references to knee braces from time to time. I have a painful right knee, which is from basketball many decades ago. It is not the type of injury that will get worse by using it, but it is painful. I have considered a knee brace, so I wanted to know if anyone has recommendations as to the type or brand or whatever for a knee brace. Is there one that works well with the repetitions of the knee flexing on a bike?
Try a pair of "knee savers" to get your pedal stroke perfectly inline 360 deg of pedal stroke. No
twisting of the knee at the bottom of the stroke with these babies!!
I use a pair on my trike & both bikes. Wonderful comfort now!!
http://www.bikescor.com/product/knee.htm
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My preferred bicycle brand is.......WORKSMAN CYCLES
I dislike clipless pedals on any city bike since I feel they are unsafe.
Originally Posted by krazygluon
Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred, which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?