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For many Americans, myself included, cycling is only something we can do every so often. I lived without a car for years, and I cycled 15 miles a day for commu
by beebmam 9y ago
For many Americans, myself included, cycling is only something we can do every so often.
I lived without a car for years, and I cycled 15 miles a day for commuting/chores. I developed pretty painful patellar tendonitis, and I went to physical therapy, which helped significantly (but didn't cure the issue).
I'm lucky if I can commute 3 days a week on my bike. I love it so much, I even do it when I'm in pain. But it's not possible to do it every day for me, without serious pain.
However, I'm currently converting my bike into an e-bike :) That will make it significantly easier on my poor old man joints.
- wallace_f 9y agoI think you are right, and I'm sorry you encountered this injury, but I would hate to see this thinking become an impediment to progress for cyclists. 15 miles at 10mph is just 1.5 hours of pretty leisurely exercise. 20mph is reasonable for a fit rider on a dedicated path with just an inexpensive steel-frame road bike. About your pattellar tendonitis: I developed that when I was trying for an ambitious marathon goal. It took 1.5 years to go away -- in my experience nothing helped except the time. You might want to try getting off the bike for several months and picking up something else, like swimming.
- tetraodonpuffer 9y agosorry about your injury, I am sure you must have, but have you tried adjusting your saddle height and riding cadence to see if they help? I had a lot of issues with knee pain but after going to a higher cadence with a better saddle position I haven't had issues for many years even commuting 15mi a day each way every day. This said we're all different so n=1 and all that, good luck!