A little help?

[Gypped_imp]

Hey all. So, here's the deal. I'm a large chap. I have rather muscular legs and because of that, I feel quite a lot of knee pain on even short rides. My theory is that my thighs, which would be hams on any other animal, press into my calves and create a sort of backwards pressure on my knees, like they're being pressed forward.

So, short of purposfully atrophying my legs to shrink the muscles, does anyone have any suggestions to ease my knee pain?

I would doubt that is the actual cause of your knee pain, although I don't doubt that you have it. You could find a way to drop the pegs or raise the seat and see if that helps.

Do you have knee pain from any other activities, or only from sitting on the bike? I know on my cruiser, if I've been lazy and not gone running for a while, I get knee pain simply from having my legs locked in a single position. It also depends on whether I wear my armored riding boots, or my shorter armored shoes. There's a ton of of practically unrelated factors that could be causing you issues.