Originally Posted by
rabsaque
Hi guys nice to be part of this group with so many people that love bikes as much as I do, I'm writing cause I'm facing an issue and haven't found conclusive data about it.
Recently I got a new job about 7 miles from home, so I decided to ride to it every day that makes it 14 miles 5 days a week.
I had to move from my home country Venezuela to Peru due to economic an political crisis, same crisis that made me sell my bike so I didn't ride for like 2 years so first thing i did on Peru when i got my paycheck was to buy me a new bike, but ooo dear did i was rust!!!
first times riding were ok but as i get close to my first 3 months of biking to work i'm starting to feel a horrible pain on my knees is sooo bad that i need to use my arms to sit on a chair or anywhere cause the pain is horrendous some other commuter friends told me that it migth be my pedaling technique or my saddle height i m 1.85 cm tall guy but last time i tried to ge my saddle height right pain just got worse, what can i do to ease it it might get worse?
share your knowledge with me, please.
One word: Cloves! Well, here are a few more words. You didn't mention your age, but you could have plain vanilla arthritis. Arthritis is an inflammatory disease, and cloves have a number of anti-inflammatory substances. I buy dried cloves from nuts.com, and then grind them using a mortar and pestle. After very long rides my arthritic hip will ache, but about 15 ground cloves washed down with water will make me feel limber and pain-free again. I take the cloves as needed, and wait about 4 hours after the ride before taking them. Cloves are also loaded with anti-oxidants, and it's possible, at least theoretically that these anti-oxidants could blunt the fitness-enhancing aspect of the exercise. That's why I wait a few hours.
This advice is in addition to all of the other advice you've gotten in this thread...once you've tried changing the bike fit, try the cloves!