Quoted message said:Hello all, de-lurking, many thanks all for the fine reading material, on
behalf of all cycling lurkers 🙂
Hello de-lurker :-)
Quoted message said:I've just been unhappily forced to commute by car for the last fortnight (for the first time in
about a year), due to a spill from my bike after hitting a protruding bit of kerb, and a
consequently hammered knee, today was the first day it was bendy enough to start cycling again
(hooray! - it's great to be back out in the fresh air).
Sounds nasty - but I'm glad you are able to cycle again.
Quoted message said:Can anyone give me any pointers to good knee-care advice for cyclists?
I suppose the main advice is to place as little strain as possible on it, whilst at the same time
exercising it to keep it mobile. When I was using tradtitional [edals (with or without toeclips) I
had a lot of pain in my knees once I stopped cycling. I'd get off the bike after a nice hour or so
out on it and then start hobbling about like some old biddy in her dotage ;-)
I changed to clipless pedals (I use Look ones) and now I don't get the post-cycling pain in my knees
I used to get. I wonder if this would work for you (if you aren't already using clipless that is)?
Using clipless definitely puts less strain on my knee joints.
Quoted message said:The other part of this question is due to the fact that when traveling by bike, I'm able to avoid
most major road junctions, and when I come to a tricky one, I'll get off and go on foot - having
got hit last year by someone trundling through an amber light I'm quite cautious - so when having
to drive for a couple of weeks I was _amazed_ at the number of motorists that just _drive_ through
red lights - not the classic Amber Gamblers, there are apparently a large number of car drivers
that assume that red lights simply don't apply to them. Any thoughts?
Obviously your knee injury has affected your vision ;-) Why? well, loads of posters from uk.tosspot,
sorry, uk.transport and various disciples of the Church of Clarkson *insist* that motorists *never*
do such a thing. It's only cyclists that do this jumping of red lights apparently. Your affected
vision is similar to my own, as I see motorists jumping lights in the same way. Ah ha! Suddenly it
all becomes clear. What we are seeing are cyclists masquerading as motorists. Cyclists obviously in
disguise out to try to give the much maligned motorists of Albion a bad name :-)
Anyhow - best wishes in looking after that knee.
Cheers, helen s
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