Knee Pain

My first surgery was in March 2014, second surgery (other knee) in September 2014. Both inner meniscus. They removed about 15% on the inner on both knees. I can ride brakeless with extremely low gearing but skidding isn't an option. My knees still hurt so racing isn't an option either. I'm slowly getting back in the saddle for training and I'll probably keep on doing just that. No more alleycats, criterium racing or other difficult on the knee stuff. Crouching is painful, sitting cross-legged is a no-go and even running to the subway isn't something my knees like. But my physician said I walk a bit weird so I really need to make sure I never run because I apply pressure on my knees in a bad way (I hope I explain this right). Riding with a front brake is still ok, I can apply enough back pressure, just can't skid (that pulls on one knee and that's bad in my case). I hope that I will soon be able to grab the road bike again for some training rides, until then I stick to what I understand, and that's a low geared fixie with a front brake. But I know a lot of people who had the same surgery who run marathons.

Well ok I'll do some alleycats but the small ones. Just not the big ones with corporate sponsors and hundreds of people and teams that are competing.