Cycling in Waterloo Region

[clasher]

Not daily a couple of times a week if its sunny! On cloudy or rainy days I drive and I can’t do two back-to back days of riding - my knees won’t take it.

I've had knee problems off and on but seem to have moved past them with a few different things, first was learning how to spin 90-100rpm so I could make effective use of the crazy low gears available on some of my bikes, effectively learning to spin instead of mashing the pedals. It took a bit of work and it looks kind of silly but it worked for me! Now when I ride solo I try to keep the cadence in that range rather than focus on speed.

The other thing was bodyweight exercises that help strengthen all the muscles that support the knee. The work I do often puts me on my knees as well so they get more abuse than they did when I worked at a desk. The exercises I got from a physiotherapist but youtube is full of videos demonstrating the same kinds of exercises... they are quick to do and don't require any kind of equipment.

Also that driver needs to spend some time back in driving school if they think they have the right-of-way at that intersection.