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Two things happened at MM and I think one may be the cause of this knee pain.
1 - I changed the SPD pedals on my MTB bike. Same brand and model as before and as those on my SS, but for some reason they seem to have a lot less float.
2 - I crashed at Mountain Mayhem many times (it was very muddy) and one of the crashes twisted my knee quite badly.
did you change your shoes? the pedals need to have a bit of float but the shoes are more important. make sure the cleat is attached at the same angle that your foot naturally hangs at if you were to dangle your legs off a table.
but it actually sounds a lot like you could benefit from a shim in the right shoe to angle your foot. a lot of knee pain caused by cleats is down to stretching ligaments as the lower leg rotates through the pedal. the cleat prevents the foot from rotating, causing small unnatural stretching through the knee. you only feel it after a couple of hours riding, by which time the damage is done. i find specialised soles are great and come with a pack of shims - orange to raise the inside of the foot, yellow for the outside for weirdos like my left leg, which rotates inwards on the downstroke. i have mavic shoes and the original soles were rubbish, nearly ruined me.
otherwise, it's probably that you damaged ligaments in the crash. best to see a doctor or physio.
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won £80 on a £15 stake. he fucking smashed it.
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- Kingcutter +33
- RetroDiCorsa +14 He is the Man!
- broken_777 +7 Excellent speedy wheel builds at a great price and mega strong; always good work
- socialamnesia +7 (very Excellent - total dude- more than helpful. cannot fault.)
- Joe1983 +3
- East End Images +5 very cheap and very quick, a lovely chap
- Benjybars +3
- Hilarystone (of course-he's like the lfgss Tesco, but better) +17
- PeterV +10 (extremely helpful, extremely friendly and sends a well-packed bike fast)
- zieleman +3
- Tel +18 - friendly, fast and fantastic packaging.
- Rik +5
- Andy.W +2 (top trader - collected and posted a bike for me a long time ago)
- Varno +9 (Five brilliant transactions, good seller)
- Arup +2
- Simplex NL +14 (extremely nice and an excellent bike packer, great bike, perfect condition, great price. excellent communication and good delivery)
- Dogsballs wheel builds -alarmingly quick but good wheel builds) +2
- Pistoffski +9 (super polite & straight up, delivered just as promised) A true Gent.
- Roy Airs
- Pistanator +1
20a. Skully - Fox +2
- Roberto (example to follow) +2
- Jermaine Jackson
- Carl
- Forms
- Philosovril
- Archie's Grobags +4
- Nuknow +5
- Platini
- colnago_costa +23 (posted before I paid, what a gent)
- Temper_Temper
- velocipede65
- JIMMEH (very quickly delivered.) +2
- dmczone +4 (very professional and good service)
- teenslain +2 top sowf london geezer
- snowyagain
- spaghettihoops +2
- RPM
- horatio +1
- jonny
- Virgil +3 Great price and well packaged - cheers!
- Andypancake +3 Absolute gent... and some nice goodies. Ta fella.
- Tito Jackson +1
- Steelarts +1 This guy sure knows how to pack a bike.
- Dirty Harry +2 (and his brother)
- Janet Jackson
- TheBrick(Tommy)
- Michael Jackson
- dr fast
- RIH (bought bike very well packed from Holland) +12. provenrad-agreed-(bought campy bits)
- Prince
- Germaneddie - bought lots of stuff from him at jumbles and other places. very helpful and good prices +2
- Fixado
- Harry Major
- Philxthomas +1
- Dalester
- Tilover +2 prompt delivery, and reserved an item for me for a very long time, cheers!
- Faso
- Tee Tee
- Buddha Fingaz
- Reginald (bought bars months ago - v helpful)
- andyfallsoff +2
- maxcrowe (traded seatpost + bought some sweet S75's)
- Fruit (Just one of the most helpful people) +1
- darstachy (spent £300+ in one go, did exactly as he said he would)+1
- SoperRiva - Cannot BELIEVE he's not on this list yet! - agreed, the man is a legend - ta henry - super - cannot recommend enough, super cool! +5
- Aroogah +1
- The Bonk +4
- Crows
- knowthejo +1
- Erikfox, bike came very well packaged from Holland and was very helpful +2
- IDOnothing
- Downlo - Quicker than Wiggle.
- Bikejunk
- KLM - genuinely nice guy, I rate him
- Jessberry, nextday delivery
- XMAN
- Flowmont
- Berniebike, great communication, frame packed brilliantly, next day delivery ace
- Danb - kept me up to date, well packaged and pretty speedy all things considered. +1
- Yap
- Robertoegg
- WjPrince
- Benjybars
- Chompy - Nice wheels as promised, friendly Pm's, and delivery was swift. Cheers ears. +1
- B'jammin - super helpful, thanks for the rims!
- 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
- Chompy - excellent service!
- Sirf - couple of things weren't originally perfect and he fixed it up! great guy.
- Björn - They say good service only shows when something goes wrong; in this case inept couriers ;)
- Yorkiefix: great deal, came real quick
- harv4130 - not only did he post me a cog for free/gratis/nada, he then sorted me a nice stem out for super cheap.
- Rodolfo
- catfood - bargain wheels and even brought them to Souths for me
- Maelstrom
- Pifko +1
- Lew_redd - fast delivery, well packaged and even got insurance on the posting of the frame
- MrLemon - really helpful and well priced, worked around my schedule to meet
- Bespokebicycle - exactly as the label on the tin. Many thanks.
- Solarider
- Re-cycled +1
- mdcc_tester
- babydinotrackboy
- yogicabbage
- igloo69
- wblenkin - +1 2 deals, one sale, one buy, both good
- number6 - +4 quickest postage in the land! and good guy to boot.
- adman--did more web research on current price of bits between dibbing and picking them up and dropped price completely unprompted
- Weslito - stand up guy, really nice & easy to deal with
- Chegas - Worked out a good deal, answered all my questions, stayed in touch etc etc.
- Colm +4 Shiny Dura Ace by post at good prices, prompt delivery
- 606 - Bought a Langster off him, rides sweetly, he even threw in a 3rd tyre, mtb grips and straight handlebars and some road bike shifters. thanks again : )
- ChrisMGS +1
- Tenderloin - thanks!
- rbh0riz0n - Quick communication, posted asap, & pedals smoother than expected. Bam.
- sash — bike excellently packaged and recieved 2 working days after payment, from Germany! +1 couldn't believe how fast my bike arrived too!
- The_BMX-KId
- samdaniel +1 winner of best packaged frame award - and best packaged wheels award
- Jammy - Top guy, was willing to hold seatpost while funds arrived! And it's the busniz!
- Sumo - Bought forks and headset, lovely job, simple as.
- Dootroy - Bought some forks- great wrapping with kodak film paper! nice
- Upstart - top bloke, I know I'm not the only one.
- Jimalex - +3 Honest and trustworthy fella, posted before i paid!
- jambon - +3, packaging was first rate
- cipolinni +1 Well packaged, missing bit followed shortly afterwards
- Rawrrr - only a small sale but very helpful and friendly
- Spinto - bought some well used Ksyriums at a good price, friendly chap and didn't mind my getting caught in traffic and turning up late...
- fasteddy – recently purchased a fairly expensive wheelset from me and certainly deserves a bit of recognition for it!
- Eightball– great comms and quick post. Excellent deal on bag
- Spotter - brilliant bike, nicely packed!
- Singspeed - punctual. friendly, and good guy.
- Fahrgestell - top bloke. joker! and good bit of banter when doing our deal.
- miro_0 - Reliable, great price and super quick delivey. 531.
- skelator - +1 good price, well packaged and just as described. sorted thanks!
- Roy_Airs - absolutely chuffed with the saddle, friendly and honest chap. Thanks!
- pajamas - Overdue Anyway, great build, great bike, fair price/top bloke/great wheels. +3
- 313 - Nice wheels. Easy transaction. Thanks, start of the new build.
- longman1971- fast, simple and brilliant deal. Well pleased.
- Unit lost - Nice chap in Lithuania, helpful and prompt.
- VintageBikeCave - found some obscure parts for me then sorted me out with new bits when I found some of the old stuff was worn. Graham & Betty, legends.
- TheCrane +2
- Aidy40 - bought a frame off him, nice frame, nice guy, nice delivery, well packaged. Very happy.
- MatP - Received a few parts in lovely condition, quite literally as new. safely packed and swiftly delivered. spot on!
- Wharry - Cheers for the setup, well packaged and in pretty much mint condition!
- Arantrek - lovely wheels, run v nicely, v pleased & nice bloke
- The devils falcon - +4 Really nice guy and he goes the extra mile with requests
- Brig7 - Bike arrived in perfect condition and well packed in about 3 days from Holland.
- sushigeezer - bought half link chain and hurley laptop bag today - almost brand new for £20, thanks dude : )
- lae- Good seller, polite, and offered me a drink! Honest too , wheels are just what i needed, thanks
- Readview - Sold me a nice frame. Posted next day. Friendly too. Thanks.
- No1 - Bought a few bits of him on several occasions. Pleasure to deal with. Great guy! Thx;)
- Doosh - Quick, lots of communication.
- richoking - great communication, friendly to deal with and a great price.
- Adman, very smooth transaction
- Deegee - Bought some campag crank bolts - very fast delivery, top notch bloke
- benottomadmax - Got a saddle and a couple of sprokets off Oscar - no messing around, good lad!
- roowilliams - picked up some forks - no fuss
- PortsmouthFixedGear - Had to go to portsmouth to trade frames but was worth it - chucked in some very nice parts too
- harlsden - good chap and experienced tourer with lots of stories - straight and honest
- Acid Drop - Good Comms, was helpful in working out a small problem, good to his word.
- The Caped Crusader - Quick delivery, 2 days from Lisboa! well packaged, kosher.
- Nigel182 - Bought from and Sold to - smooth transaction both times.
- Mechanical_Vandal - Good comms and quick postage. Items exactly as described.
- Tombardo- good comms, bike as described, great price
- Dazzling - Pleasure to deal with, good comms ;-)
- loafheads - everything went nice and smooth. thanks for the deal!
- yeahnerdz - Good Comms, and a speddy delivery too... Top Bloke.
- Stedlocks - nice bike, super condition, great price, lovely guy. Safe.+1 gave up his violet hip pouch for me!
- CasaSteve - Stuff came in a Wiggle box and it was so well packed I actually thought I'd forgotten about a wiggle order! Plus a good guy.
- b4b - Good communication, deal was pretty good. Thanks!
- Black Rainbow Project. Brought from Scott twice now....A Top Bloke....Cheers.
- Doktor P. Although I suspect he's not really a doctor ;-)
- Red-biff. Nice guy, easy to deal with, great frame!
- Wicksie
- mashergirl
- Bigben
- whatok was very easy to contact and meet up with, and friendly once I got there. And gave me what I wanted for free.
- Kingcutter +33
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cavendish is gonna rinse it out, pure and simple
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it is. maybe he's on the finishing times thing at lee valley
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- Kingcutter +33
- RetroDiCorsa +14 He is the Man!
- broken_777 +7 Excellent speedy wheel builds at a great price and mega strong; always good work
- socialamnesia +7 (very Excellent - total dude- more than helpful. cannot fault.)
- Joe1983 +3
- East End Images +5 very cheap and very quick, a lovely chap
- Benjybars +3
- Hilarystone (of course-he's like the lfgss Tesco, but better) +17
- PeterV +10 (extremely helpful, extremely friendly and sends a well-packed bike fast)
- zieleman +3
- Tel +18 - friendly, fast and fantastic packaging.
- Rik +5
- Andy.W +2 (top trader - collected and posted a bike for me a long time ago)
- Varno +9 (Five brilliant transactions, good seller)
- Arup +2
- Simplex NL +14 (extremely nice and an excellent bike packer)
- Dogsballs wheel builds -alarmingly quick but good wheel builds) +2
- Pistoffski +9 (super polite & straight up, delivered just as promised) A true Gent.
- Roy Airs
- Pistanator +1
20a. Skully - Fox +2
- Roberto (example to follow) +2
- Jermaine Jackson
- Carl
- Forms
- Philosovril
- Archie's Grobags +4
- Nuknow +5
- Platini
- colnago_costa +22 (posted before I paid, what a gent)
- Temper_Temper
- velocipede65
- JIMMEH (very quickly delivered.) +2
- dmczone +4 (very professional and good service)
- teenslain +2 top sowf london geezer
- snowyagain
- spaghettihoops +2
- RPM
- horatio +1
- jonny
- Virgil +3 Great price and well packaged - cheers!
- Andypancake +3 Absolute gent... and some nice goodies. Ta fella.
- Tito Jackson +1
- Steelarts +1 This guy sure knows how to pack a bike.
- Dirty Harry +2 (and his brother)
- Janet Jackson
- TheBrick(Tommy)
- Michael Jackson
- dr fast
- RIH (bought bike very well packed from Holland) +12. provenrad-agreed-(bought campy bits)
- Prince
- Germaneddie - bought lots of stuff from him at jumbles and other places. very helpful and good prices +2
- Fixado
- Harry Major
- Philxthomas
- Dalester
- Tilover +2 prompt delivery, and reserved an item for me for a very long time, cheers!
- Faso
- Tee Tee
- Buddha Fingaz
- Reginald (bought bars months ago - v helpful)
- andyfallsoff +2
- maxcrowe (traded seatpost + bought some sweet S75's)
- Fruit (Just one of the most helpful people) +1
- darstachy (spent £300+ in one go, did exactly as he said he would)+1
- SoperRiva - Cannot BELIEVE he's not on this list yet! - agreed, the man is a legend - ta henry - super - cannot recommend enough, super cool! +5
- Aroogah +1
- The Bonk +4
- Crows
- knowthejo +1
- Erikfox, bike came very well packaged from Holland and was very helpful +2
- IDOnothing
- Downlo - Quicker than Wiggle.
- Bikejunk
- KLM - genuinely nice guy, I rate him
- Jessberry, nextday delivery
- XMAN
- Flowmont
- Berniebike, great communication, frame packed brilliantly, next day delivery ace
- Danb - kept me up to date, well packaged and pretty speedy all things considered. +1
- Yap
- Robertoegg
- WjPrince
- Benjybars
- Chompy - Nice wheels as promised, friendly Pm's, and delivery was swift. Cheers ears. +1
- B'jammin - super helpful, thanks for the rims!
- 36x18 - brilliant service, really quick wheel build turn around :) +2
- Chompy - excellent service!
- Sirf - couple of things weren't originally perfect and he fixed it up! great guy.
- Björn - They say good service only shows when something goes wrong; in this case inept couriers ;)
- Yorkiefix: great deal, came real quick
- harv4130 - not only did he post me a cog for free/gratis/nada, he then sorted me a nice stem out for super cheap.
- Rodolfo
- catfood - bargain wheels and even brought them to Souths for me
- Maelstrom
- Pifko +1
- Lew_redd - fast delivery, well packaged and even got insurance on the posting of the frame
- MrLemon - really helpful and well priced, worked around my schedule to meet
- Bespokebicycle - exactly as the label on the tin. Many thanks.
- Solarider
- Re-cycled +1
- mdcc_tester
- babydinotrackboy
- yogicabbage
- igloo69
- wblenkin - +1 2 deals, one sale, one buy, both good
- number6 - +4 quickest postage in the land! and good guy to boot.
- adman--did more web research on current price of bits between dibbing and picking them up and dropped price completely unprompted
- Weslito - stand up guy, really nice & easy to deal with
- Chegas - Worked out a good deal, answered all my questions, stayed in touch etc etc.
- Colm +4 Shiny Dura Ace by post at good prices, prompt delivery
- 606 - Bought a Langster off him, rides sweetly, he even threw in a 3rd tyre, mtb grips and straight handlebars and some road bike shifters. thanks again : )
- ChrisMGS +1
- Tenderloin - thanks!
- rbh0riz0n - Quick communication, posted asap, & pedals smoother than expected. Bam.
- sash — bike excellently packaged and recieved 2 working days after payment, from Germany! +1 couldn't believe how fast my bike arrived too!
- The_BMX-KId
- samdaniel +1 winner of best packaged frame award - and best packaged wheels award
- Jammy - Top guy, was willing to hold seatpost while funds arrived! And it's the busniz!
- Sumo - Bought forks and headset, lovely job, simple as.
- Dootroy - Bought some forks- great wrapping with kodak film paper! nice
- Upstart - top bloke, I know I'm not the only one.
- Jimalex - +3 Honest and trustworthy fella, posted before i paid!
- jambon - +3, packaging was first rate
- cipolinni +1 Well packaged, missing bit followed shortly afterwards
- Rawrrr - only a small sale but very helpful and friendly
- Spinto - bought some well used Ksyriums at a good price, friendly chap and didn't mind my getting caught in traffic and turning up late...
- fasteddy – recently purchased a fairly expensive wheelset from me and certainly deserves a bit of recognition for it!
- Eightball– great comms and quick post. Excellent deal on bag
- Spotter - brilliant bike, nicely packed!
- Singspeed - punctual. friendly, and good guy.
- Fahrgestell - top bloke. joker! and good bit of banter when doing our deal.
- miro_0 - Reliable, great price and super quick delivey. 531.
- skelator - +1 good price, well packaged and just as described. sorted thanks!
- Roy_Airs - absolutely chuffed with the saddle, friendly and honest chap. Thanks!
- pajamas - Overdue Anyway, great build, great bike, fair price/top bloke/great wheels. +3
- 313 - Nice wheels. Easy transaction. Thanks, start of the new build.
- longman1971- fast, simple and brilliant deal. Well pleased.
- Unit lost - Nice chap in Lithuania, helpful and prompt.
- VintageBikeCave - found some obscure parts for me then sorted me out with new bits when I found some of the old stuff was worn. Graham & Betty, legends.
- TheCrane +2
- Aidy40 - bought a frame off him, nice frame, nice guy, nice delivery, well packaged. Very happy.
- MatP - Received a few parts in lovely condition, quite literally as new. safely packed and swiftly delivered. spot on!
- Wharry - Cheers for the setup, well packaged and in pretty much mint condition!
- Arantrek - lovely wheels, run v nicely, v pleased & nice bloke
- The devils falcon - +3 Really nice guy and he goes the extra mile with requests
- Brig7 - Bike arrived in perfect condition and well packed in about 3 days from Holland.
- sushigeezer - bought half link chain and hurley laptop bag today - almost brand new for £20, thanks dude : )
- lae- Good seller, polite, and offered me a drink! Honest too , wheels are just what i needed, thanks
- Readview - Sold me a nice frame. Posted next day. Friendly too. Thanks.
- No1 - Bought a few bits of him on several occasions. Pleasure to deal with. Great guy! Thx;)
- Doosh - Quick, lots of communication.
- richoking - great communication, friendly to deal with and a great price.
- Adman, very smooth transaction
- Deegee - Bought some campag crank bolts - very fast delivery, top notch bloke
- benottomadmax - Got a saddle and a couple of sprokets off Oscar - no messing around, good lad!
- roowilliams - picked up some forks - no fuss
- PortsmouthFixedGear - Had to go to portsmouth to trade frames but was worth it - chucked in some very nice parts too
- harlsden - good chap and experienced tourer with lots of stories - straight and honest
- Acid Drop - Good Comms, was helpful in working out a small problem, good to his word.
- The Caped Crusader - Quick delivery, 2 days from Lisboa! well packaged, kosher.
- Nigel182 - Bought from and Sold to - smooth transaction both times.
- Mechanical_Vandal - Good comms and quick postage. Items exactly as described.
- Tombardo- good comms, bike as described, great price
- Dazzling - Pleasure to deal with, good comms ;-)
- loafheads - everything went nice and smooth. thanks for the deal!
- yeahnerdz - Good Comms, and a speddy delivery too... Top Bloke.
- Stedlocks - nice bike, super condition, great price, lovely guy. Safe.
- CasaSteve - Stuff came in a Wiggle box and it was so well packed I actually thought I'd forgotten about a wiggle order! Plus a good guy.
- b4b - Good communication, deal was pretty good. Thanks!
- Black Rainbow Project. Brought from Scott twice now....A Top Bloke....Cheers.
- Doktor P. Although I suspect he's not really a doctor ;-)
- Red-biff. Nice guy, easy to deal with, great frame!
- Wicksie
- mashergirl
- Bigben
- Kingcutter +33
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Just got another email today:
Ride Around London 115 mile timings:
Registration open: 0600 – 0815
Riders set off: 0615 – 0830So I guess you can start whenever. Might go for the early slot to avoid traffic (and be home in time for high tea)
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apparently there'll be staggered starts at herne hill between 6am and 8am, but so far the email just says 6am. I wonder how many people are actually doing the full run.
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dibs white wellgo pedals - what type are they?
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great to see the win from cavendish at the end, that was an incredible sprint to make up the distance. obviously all the big riders were saving themselves for the WC but what a rider he is.
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my sister has this same model bike for peanuts on craigslist in san francisco. lol
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as far as i know - i live in london and haven't been in belfast since they opened it. but i know joe, and he builds good bikes.
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http://velocafemagasin.com/?page_id=89
Velo cafe Magasin Ltd
Bicycle Studio
No 14 Floor 2
19-21 Ormeau Avenue
Belfast
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try joe henry, he's got a workshop just recently opened above katy dalys
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2 condor levers (£20 a pair, very cheap) are now installed, the brakes are within easy reach in the drops, and are feeling very tight with the new cables and housings... plus i got to buy spanking white new bar tape. feeling very good just now. thanks for the advice
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thanks ed, i'll pop into condor tomorrow
i'm from belfast, live in bethnal green... are there two bernards??? I've only met one other in my entire life
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yeah, out of the box like that! if the hoods go forward they won't be quite level with the top of the bars.
thanks for the advice, I will spend the weekend experimenting on the flop side. that bar geometry site is great.
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yeah that's it exactly. the levers are angled out from the drops.
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I'll post a picture tonight, am in work at the minute
yeah I normally ride the hoods with a freewheel, so I only use the drops when there's no immediate prospect of needing to brake.
sounds like I've just got them set a bit too high on the bars then? they're sitting so the flat of the hood is just level with the top of the bars. I will try moving them forward, that should change the angle enough.
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I have a genesis flyer with the stock drop bars and Shimano BL-R400 brake levers. I can barely reach the levers with my hands in the drops, which is not good. these particular levers aren't adjustable, so I either need to replace them with adjustable reach levers, or find new drop bars with a more suitable reach.
I'd prefer to find new bars, but I have no idea what make or model of bar to look for to meet this requirement. so far looking at online shops, I can't see any measurements listed that say how far forward they reach. any suggestions would be appreciated.
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dibs Dicta 18t freewheel
and the knog rear light
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when measuring bib shorts, length is far more important than waist size because they don't have any waistband, or indeed any sort of measurable waist as they stretch open as they move upwards and are ultimately held up by the shoulders (that's sort of the point).
so if you get a pair that are too short they'll be sliding up your leg and compressing your thigh too high (uncomfortable). get it too long and they'll be sitting on your knee joint. if the length's right, dibs them.