Knees and the cold

[bonker]

Is allowing your knees to get cold bad for your knees or just uncomfotable (for some)?

 

[fossyant]

Not knees as such, but I don't like the muscles getting cold at all. I've currently got full winter bibs on that protect my knees and quads. Cold quads and you'll stop. I'm a bit 'old skool' anyway and it was drilled into us as young club cyclists that the knees didn't come out unless it was baking hot, or you were racing.

I don't think it's good practice to regularly get them cold for obvious reasons.

 

[lulubel]

Cold knees means painful knees for me. Here in southern Spain, I'm fine in my usual thin tights through most of the winter, with an extra base layer for chilly days, or when I'm going into the mountains. In most of the UK, I'd probably have to wear knee warmers as well. (However, my knees have taken a battering from a few years of dancing and two accidents with cars that they took the brunt of.)

Like fossy, I'm a believer in keeping warm. Cold muscles - and tendons and ligaments - damage more easily, and that would potentially mean time off the bike.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It's a pretty bad idea. You might get away with it for 25years before starting to feel it,but it's still a bad idea

 

[MattHB]

cold knees is bad knees. mainly for muscles but as we dont have any temperature sensors in our knees we'd not necessarily feel if we're doing any damage because of it.

leg warmers are the way forward, we do not live in the south of france (thankfully)

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

cold knees is bad knees. mainly for muscles but as we dont have any temperature sensors in our knees we'd not necessarily feel if we're doing any damage because of it.

leg warmers are the way forward, we do not live in the south of france (thankfully)

Mainly for joints

 

[lulubel]

we do not live in the south of france (thankfully)

The Pyrenees are partly in the south of France. That sounds like a very good reason to live there.

 

[VamP]

The Pyrenees are partly in the south of France. That sounds like a very good reason to live there.

Yeah I didn't get the 'thankfully' bit. South of France is totally awesome.

 

[p1tse]

As a kid I played lots of sports in the cold, rugby, hockey per say but never were we told about wrapping up knees

But I can see it makes sense keeping the muscles etc all warm

I guess a bit like a cold f1 tyre it won't perform well

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

With knees,muscle heat isnt the main issue.

Synovial fluid(secreted joint lubrication is) It like engine oil,thins as it warms.