Whenever I moaned about my bike as a youngster people used to tell me Hinault raced on his baker boy's delivery bike and still won.Originally Posted by daz h
Whenever I moaned about my bike as a youngster people used to tell me Hinault raced on his baker boy's delivery bike and still won.
Good news Hann, reckon a gentle bit of cycling will be on the cards soon, anyway, that should sort out the floaters and a do a bit of automenisectomy at the same time:wink:
Ratters, shame about the porridge incident, better luck next week.
Managed to keep my porridge down and did a solid 50 miles this morning in fairly dank conditions and with skanky greasy roads with all the leaf mulch lurking around. Col du Roc Blanc and Bryn Ddu (twice) kept me honest, but feeling good and strong at the moment:thumbup: Trouble is, with all that gunk on the roads the bike needs a clean, better get that sorted soon otherwise I will have Daz on my case, new chain and all
Thanks Toff, do you reckon I should just ride through the pain, assuming that I will grind the debris to a pulp that gets absorbed or moved away by the body?
I had some stuff floating around in that knee when I was about 15... and it eventually went away all by itself...
Hmmm, haven't seen your knee and you don't want to listen to me as I ran down the Ben with a broken fibula but...........
If you have not had an acute recent meniscus tearing injury and there's just bits of stuff floating around in your knee from general wear and tear and they are not big enough to cause your knee to lock then gentle mobilisation with cycling would be good and you could progress as you feel able and as the swelling subsides. If your knee is very swollen and there you have recently torn a meniscus then you will have to be more circumspect and be guided by pain. Does that cover the bases???
Hann you shouldn't just ride through the pain. You need to see a specialist. You could end up making it worse. See your gp or go and see a decent sports injury specialist. Someone at ajax will know somebody.
As for me
17 miles then a double spin session with 12 miles between the sessions. 8 miles home and a bloody puncture. Walked the last 2 miles. Bloody hands frozen again, but a good session.
A few miles round Isle of Skye earlier...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj6ho1-G6tw
:w00t: :thumbup:
It does...
It isn't swollen, highly unlikely it is a meniscus tear... However, the crepitus is horrendous! It squeeks and sueels, well actually it clonks like mad when I bend and extend the knee joint... Tried a few minutes on the rollers while setting them up yesterday, then when I went upstairs to put my cycling kit on the knee hurt again, so decided against it...
I am seeing the GP later on in the hope I get referred to a specialist, but knowing the NHS it is going to be more like: do absolutely f-all for two months, then come back... Then they will send me for an x-ray, knowing that that won't show up anything... then they will send me for 6 weeks of physio for which I need to wait 2 months... You get my gist? The NHS is f-ing useless...
I want an arthroscopy to see what is happening inside that knee, then clean it up if need be... so I will be good to go again next season!
Well, back from the gp. This new addition to the practice is excellent and understands the needs of a sporty 'patient'... I have been referred to orthpaedics for an arthroscopy... She thinks a cleaning up of the knee cartilege is in order and with a bit of luck all should be done and dusted and recovered by the end of the year, so I can start riding and training again in January so I can still have a racing season next year, with a bit of luck!
nice one hanneke - hope it works out!
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