How are your knees!!

Is it just my knees that creak? No pain, just creaking!

How about everyone else? Should I be concerned?

Does having good cycling shoes that fit to your pedals help you rather than toe clips? Any other opinions on how to save your knees?

I think clipless is better in the long run for the knees and joints than toe clips, if for nothing else than with clipless once you get the proper positioning, your foot is held in the right place. With toe clips/straps, you have a much greater occurance of sliding around and getting out of the best position, which could bother the knees over time.

My 43 year old knees creak a bit sometimes, and I get the 'snap, crackle, & pop' going sometimes too, but that's how I've always been. It's probably just the muscles and tendons settling back into place once you're riding again.

But if you're having knee pain, it's usually a sign of improper saddle position and height, and/or misadjusted cleats. Go back and check those.

The poll in it's early stages is suggesting that creaking is normal and therefore perhaps I am too!

sounds like you're normal. i, on the other hand, am 33 with a touch of arthritis!

speedplays and stretching have helped (but not eliminated) my knee pain. toss in some glucosamine and chondritan as placebos and i'm good to go!

Anyone used Cod Liver Oil tablets. I've heard they are good for joints (not the smoking variety!).

Haven't heard of using CLO for that, but it can't hurt, right?

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I'm very careful with my knees.

I take great care when getting up and down off low seats, using my arms to push myself up when possible.

I get into my car like a 'granny'; first sittng on the seat, then swinging both legs around and in (I've strained my knee a couple of times getting into my car).

Huh? I'm confused. Are your knee's making actual audible sounds or is that just some kind of metaphor?
If so, then no, I guess my knees don't creak or make any other sounds. The only sounds I make while riding come out of my mouth, or (occasionally) my bibs.

No, it's literal; old knees actually makes sounds

That's interesting - my knees have never hurt, never let out so much as a peep. My butt, on the other hand, makes all sorts of weird noises.



"give my knees to the needy, don't pull that stuff on me"

--John Prine

consider yourself lucky and hope things stay that way.

definately try clo....

i used it when i was younger... forgot to buy a box and just got out of the habit... back into taking them daily now and it has made a differance for me

Two Words:
Glucosomine Sulfate (Not Glucosomine Chondroitin!)

aren't they suposed to work well together, though?

http://www.health-pages.com/pain/gs.html

Excerpt:


Is Chondroitin Worthwhile with Glucosamine?
No. Chondroitin sulfate consists of derivatives of glucosamine sulfate which are partially hydrolized (called glycosaminoglycans), which are further attached to sugars. These are long chemical strings, 50-100 times the size of glucosamine sulfate, and based on their size, according to recent studies, will pass through a healthy human intestinal lining with only 0 to 13% of that ingested.3,5,12,14

This is mainly of interest because Chondroitin is quite expensive, with a retail price of about $25 for 100 (250mg) capsules; a quality product with both Glucosamine and Chondroitin would retail for about $45-$50 for 100 capsules. That is, as the doctors love to say, expensive urine! In light of this, we no longer offer either Chondroitin, or Glucosamine with Chondroitin. Those taking Glucosamine Chondroitin are likely just absorbing the Glucosamine.