It is guys. I was riding a 53-11 on a caloi 10 (very very famous frame here in Brazil) and my city have so many climbs. Some months ago i was smashing a “hotline” and i felt something on my knee, after that all other runs i made (even in my lightest ratio bike) i felt like sand on my knee.
And here we are, in every move i do, i feel something weird. it’s not pain, but a strange feeling and something like loss of strength.
Can be serious? I will never back to a bike again?
Note: she’s so hot damn 🥴
by Acceptable-Ad-1685
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yep, you done
Riding bikes can put a ton of repetitive strain on small but important parts of your body.
I’ve had several dynamic bike fittings done and am always amazed at how small the acceptable windows are – stuff like “move your seat back 12mm to avoid future injuries”. Without a LOT of care and a good bit of science, your bike probably doesn’t fit exactly right and that can greatly exacerbate stress injuries and increase healing time.
Let’s talk healing time. Pro athletes don’t train every day. More like 3x /week tops, with carefully measured rest and rehab. Constant stretching and massages to keep muscles and tendons happy. If you ride your bike every day to commute or whatever, you can be slowly building injuries that don’t heal and need to consider better balancing your exercise / healing. Listen to your knees if you wanna walk when you’re old.
Lastly, what in the everloving fuck are you doing riding 53/11 anywhere but on an indoor velodrome? There’s an extremely unhealthy understanding of gear ratios on this sub and this is exactly what happens. Riding fixed is about *spinning* – like 47/16 max, min 140+ rpm. That’s the only way to not regularly over stress your joints to an extent that they can’t rest and recover. It doesn’t matter how good of shape you’re in, if you don’t use proper (and properly fitting) equipment then you’ll eventually fail to recover and your body will break down. Remember you heal more slowly as you age, so anyone else mashing huge gears on the street – this WILL happen to you too, it’s just a matter of time.
OP, see a sports doctor pronto and for God’s sake re-gear your bike before you permanently damage something. Trust me, your older self will thank you.
just reading your ratio makes my knees hurt
I’ve never seen an 11t cog in use before. OP – could you please take a close up pic of your hub/cog? TIA
Vai brazilian
So many on this sub running 90+ gear inches and averaging 13-15 mph, and they think that’s “shredding”.
It’s not.
It’s slow, grindy, and inefficient. It’s terrible for joint health, and literally slow.
Y’all averaging 55 RPMs is embarrassing. The IG/Tok Tok/YouTube influence is absurd.
Sorry for the rant OP, and I hope this is satire. Pros run these type of ratios is specialized events and are 2-3x or more faster than you and train professionally. Get a 49/17 and get good at spinning.