Bruises on my inner knees

[Joe]

After my ride today a "bruise" has developed on the inside of either knee. They are dark red rather than black/grey/blue. The left one is about the size of a 2p piece, the right more like a 5p piece. They are sore to touch. I've had it on the left knee after a ride before and it's faded quickly, but something can't be right.
Any ideas what's going on?? I'm 99% sure I haven't bashed them on anything.

 

[fossyant]

Top tube ....................?

 

[Joe]

Pretty sure it's not. I do naturally ride quite knock kneed, but I have wedges under my cleats and whenever I look my knees appear to be tracking nicely.
I think I would notice any knocks.

 

[punkypossum]

Maybe you do it when walking in your cycling shoes when off the bike, the duck waddle might make you bash your knees together!!

 

[dudi]

I get that occasionally... mine's from smashing my knee into my top-tube on a hard incline. I never usually notice doing it as I'm riding quite hard at the time.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Knocking together from the cold?

 

[Joe]

I get that occasionally... mine's from smashing my knee into my top-tube on a hard incline. I never usually notice doing it as I'm riding quite hard at the time.

Maybe I'm the same then, there was a long 25% climb on my ride
The bruises are slightly above and in from the knobly bit of the inner knee though, is that the same with you?

 

[dudi]

Maybe I'm the same then, there was a long 25% climb on my ride
The bruises are slightly above and in from the knobly bit of the inner knee though, is that the same with you?

Sounds like the same place to me. It could be due to over exuberant swinging f the bike on a climb, or it could be the way your legs rotate... possibly fixable by a wede under the cleats? ?

 

[Joe]

Ok I've been watching...and it's definitely due to bashing the top tube when climbing hard out of the saddle
I'm already wedged out so I guess I just have to work on my form.