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- CommentAuthorlickedwicked
- CommentTimeJun 8th 2009 edited
Some concerns of others are that fixed will hurt your knees. I use my thighs and calves to stop, it feels like I'm doing squats. Am I doing it right? below is a talk about the risks and considerations when riding.
http://messengerofdoom.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/knee-deep-fixed-wheel-riders-knee-problems/ -
- CommentAuthorGOBSTOPTODROP
- CommentTimeJun 8th 2009
I have really sensitive knees. When i used to box, they hurt from being on them so much, and sometimes i could barely walk. Sometimes i get extreme pain from walking down steep hills. But i have never felt my knees hurting when riding my bike, which is brakeless, and frequently rode in the city, and this is including some epic skids down 100% grade hills. -
- CommentAuthorthe rabbi
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
gluclosamine is your friend. 3/day. -
- CommentAuthorhroddd
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
100% grade would be flat yes?
or vertical no? -
- CommentAuthoreaglerock
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
And a 100 degree grade would involve riding upside down... -
- CommentAuthorupthemaiden
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
Some people's knees feel awful, some people's knees don't feel a thing. Mind personally hurt unless my legs are in top shape, and my seat is positioned just right. If I take a break for more than 2 days it starts to hurt again. It's not a normal soreness or real pain, it's just this pressure behind my kneecaps that makes me feel like I'm not going to be able to walk when I'm 70 if I keep it up. I've since put 2 brakes on my bike and use them, and don't really have any pain, but I also ride geared bikes 95% of the time anyway, and my pretty Rossin frame has done nothing but hang from the ceiling all year.
I would also notice my knees hurt when I'd have to walk up steps after riding fixed. Either way it's not worth chancing it if your knees feel weird. If they feel fine, then go for it. -
- CommentAuthortonymason
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
The only time my knees hurt on my fixed gear was when I was slowing down when approaching stops. At that time I wasn't completely comfortable with skidding in traffic so I would just just put some resistance on my peddles and let my legs and knees just flail outwards instead of keeping them parallel with the bike frame which I believe caused my knees to be affected. After I realized what I was doing and corrected it the pain in my knees subsided and I haven't had any issues since. Technique is the biggest thing. -
- CommentAuthorRasmus
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
Pain is weakness leaving the body :) keep riding -
- CommentAuthorGOBSTOPTODROP
- CommentTimeJun 9th 2009
Posted By: eaglerockAnd a 100degreegrade would involve riding upside down...
precisely. -
- CommentAuthormuttsbutts
- CommentTimeJun 10th 2009 edited
My guess is that a 100% grade would be a 45 degree angle; one foot drop or gain in altitude for every linear foot traveled. But I hesitate to assume whether he was upside down or not. -
- CommentAuthorGOBSTOPTODROP
- CommentTimeJun 10th 2009
Posted By: muttsbuttsMy guess is that a 100% grade would be a 45 degree angle; one foot drop or gain in altitude for every linear foot traveled. But I hesitate to assume whether he was upside down or not.
I really hope you dont think anyone could be so dumb to think there's such a thing as a 100% grade, i was kidding -
- CommentAuthormuttsbutts
- CommentTimeJun 10th 2009 edited
'I really hope you dont think anyone could be so dumb to think there's such a thing as a 100% grade, i was kidding'
Oh, please don't take offense, I wasn't taking you seriously. -
- CommentAuthorGOBSTOPTODROP
- CommentTimeJun 10th 2009
Posted By: muttsbutts'I really hope you dont think anyone could be so dumb to think there's such a thing as a 100% grade, i was kidding'
Oh, please don't take offense, I wasn't taking you seriously.
hahaha i wasnt taking offense, i was just double checking that u werent being serious
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