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Subject: Bad knees and tri bikes
I got my bike properly fitted this spring (can't believe I waited to get that done) and while talking with the guy I mentioned that have some issues with my knees. Before the fitting my knees almost always hurt after a ride but now I am going further and faster and have no pain or discomfort. What the guy to,d me was to stick to a road bike and avoid a tri bike because the tri bike can be hard on the knees, is this an accurate statement? Are there any other areas of the body that a tri bike can be hard on?
Thanks for the help.

2016-08-01 5:57 AM
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Subject: RE: Bad knees and tri bikes
Originally posted by shodai

I got my bike properly fitted this spring (can't believe I waited to get that done) and while talking with the guy I mentioned that have some issues with my knees. Before the fitting my knees almost always hurt after a ride but now I am going further and faster and have no pain or discomfort. What the guy to,d me was to stick to a road bike and avoid a tri bike because the tri bike can be hard on the knees, is this an accurate statement? Are there any other areas of the body that a tri bike can be hard on?
Thanks for the help.


If your fitter told you a tri bike is hard on the knees, it's time to find a new fitter :-)

Absolute BS

2016-12-11 8:57 PM
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Subject: RE: Bad knees and tri bikes
Here is what our expert sports docs at BT had to say:
http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/cms/article-detail.asp?articleid=...
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