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Ride Guide needed for Upper north shore (wednesday or thursday)
G'day guys im keen to go test out my new ride and the capabilities of my knee ( 2 months out of a reconstruction). Iv heard all the tracks have changed since last time i was riding so id love it if someone could show me around a few. Because of my knee ill be taking it all reasonably slow and cautious so if theres a beginner out there that knows a few of the tracks that would be great as well.
Im thinking either Wahroonga or Cascades area. Anyone keen? contact me on 0413 403 498.
Cheers
Alex
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If you've had recent knee reco, I'd count Cascades out. Cascades is where you go when you want to train to climb steep hills.
What did you have done? Are you using clipless pedals or flats?
I'd be thinking road riding only for a couple of months, starting in the garage with a mag trainer on a light load. If you must do off-road, you could maybe consider Perimeter-Long trails starting at the Japanese school, and giving the steep loose climb at the end the miss, but with only two months post-op my thought is you could too easily hurt yourself and suffer a significant setback.
Have you checked this with your surgeon? What did he/she say?
Im currently doing the whole Mag trainer deal but its getting a bit boring. I have every intention on applying as much caution as possible specially since my background is in DH riding. Iv torn my ACL and will probably start back with flats for safety reasons. My physio told me at the 2 month mark i can ride a pushbike, but i don't think he intended it to be mountain biking. Steep climbs are great because the whole point is to rebuild lost muscle tone so as long as i'm in the saddle its all good. Any of the tracks low intensity hard packed fire trail?
Falling under the knife won't come around till September so I've been riding without. Steep Hills are a great work out for strengthing your knees. Taking caution with coming off would definitely be your biggest worry I would imagine as it could cause a quick direction change in your knee. Keep us posted on how the recovery goes with riding, I'd like to know what I'm up for once I get the knee reco.
Yep, nothing more dull. Spinervals DVDs at home and spin classes at the gym can be a worthwhile way to break the monotony.
Mmmm I'd still check with the physio that what you're intending is OK - he is your friend, not the school prefect. (Unless he's like the guy I use for my shoulder at Allambie, who teases you when you're squirming because what he's doing is pushing your limits. I think he must have been a head prefect.
He's good though.)
Flats are good, but I'd start with short distance loops so you can stop without having a long trip back to the car when it gets uncomfortable. Give Perimeter from the Jap school a go to start with. Relatively flat with some climbs. Non technical. Good views from Long Trail when you're able to get that far.
I had the operation for a new ACL a couple of years ago. I am guessing your young.
Did they replace the ACL with hamstring tendon? If so there is a phase around the 2-3 month recovery period where the tendon changes structure into a ligament. While this is occurring its a bit vulnerable to break again quite easily so I was advised by my physio not to ride a bike during this period.
When I started riding around the 5-6 month period I couldn't put any pressure on the knee without it hurting so for me it was a pretty slow few months while the scar tissue went away and I could start to ride properly again.
I'm 24 so i guess i'm at the blurry line between my ego and commonsense. I had it by removing the hamstring tendon. 2months is meant to be the point where the tendon starts to fuse properly to the bone but a change of structure is news to me so will have to get it checked out. Did you have any miniscus damage PS?, I have no pain when riding high loads on the spin bike or doing squats, my surgery was just purely the ACL everything else was fine.
I didn't have any other damage so from an operation perspective it was very standard. Prior to the operation I couldn't get full extension or bend as I guess the bits of broken ACL were floating around inside restricting the range of movement. Thats the only explanation I have as the doc put my riding pain down to scar tissue and just told me to be patient.
I did my physio at the Narrabeen sports medicine centre and they have a lot of knee reconstruction experience. My physio at the time was very very insistent (yes I did nag her about it for weeks) that I didn't ride a road bike too early due to the risk of damage and needing the operation again so I have no reason to doubt her word. I started walking the day after the operation and could ride a stationary bike after a few weeks so pretty normal recovery times for someone twice your age. btw I could still ride up McCarrs creek road, just had to do it in granny to reduce the pressure and avoid pain. Riding on the flat wasn't a problem. These days the knee seems happier the more I ride and I go OK on hills now.