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@Bobby_Dids
....well, my arse is closer than my knee to the actual problem.
Persistant knee pain? Turn the computer off and go to the doctor, then probably to the physio
There's a good few knee pain threads on here with a good mix of advice, some good and bad. Many better qualified people than me have said what I state above but I didn't listen and neither might some others.
My knee went bang about 6 months ago after grinding up too many hillocks on my super-fly fixie whip. It was so bad on that first run that I had to walk up every hill 20 miles home. Since then any 20-30 mile ride leaves me sore; I had to bail out the DD with it and ride 40 miles back to London on my todd, not fun.
I spent alot of time on here and the 'net working out what was wrong with my knee. I have had bike fitting, changed ratios and pedals repeatedly. I have replaced my training runs with coffee shop jaunts (quite nice actually). I had also decided that i had fucked the cartilage up, just like my dear mummy.
Last week I crumbled and went to the doctors. Straight to a physio and I have been diagnosed with weak lower back muscles and poor posture which has resulted in aggravation of my femoral nerve. This manifests itself in knee pain would you believe. My knees are actually pretty good.
So, to reiterate:
Persistant knee pain? Turn the computer off and go to the doctor, then probably to the physio
Apologies for the length of the post!