@Blofeld - First up, I am a "Princess and the Pea" feel person, I can easily feel and tell when the pressure in the rear is low because I can actually feel the change it causes to the geo, I have to adjust saddle height depending on if I'm wearing a chamois or not or which chamois, or if I'm riding in my actual riding shoes or flip flops, swapped from a 2.3" to 2.4" on the front or vice versa, I can feel the geo change. Heck a 1/2 degree can be the difference between the bike steering nice or having what feels like serious wheel flop to me, it can sometimes be quite annoying being so sensitive to such small changes.
As to the knee issues, well I think it comes down to how you ride, if you just put it in the easiest gear and go, especially when climbing, then yeah, you m ay not notice as much, but if you're not that type of rider who likes spinning like a hamster and pushes a harder/bigger gear, then the forces and stress you put through the knee tend to show up - smallest ring I run is a 32t and biggest cog is a 46t running 29x2.6-3.0" tyres.
The fact that I can IMMEDIATELY stop the knee pain simply by slackening out the bikes geo by 1 degree tells me it's not just in my mind - had to do this on a ride because my setback post broke and had to use a straight post _(love Banshee's adjustable geo) ._
Oct. 8, 2022, 7:06 a.m. - Lynx .
@Blofeld - First up, I am a "Princess and the Pea" feel person, I can easily feel and tell when the pressure in the rear is low because I can actually feel the change it causes to the geo, I have to adjust saddle height depending on if I'm wearing a chamois or not or which chamois, or if I'm riding in my actual riding shoes or flip flops, swapped from a 2.3" to 2.4" on the front or vice versa, I can feel the geo change. Heck a 1/2 degree can be the difference between the bike steering nice or having what feels like serious wheel flop to me, it can sometimes be quite annoying being so sensitive to such small changes. As to the knee issues, well I think it comes down to how you ride, if you just put it in the easiest gear and go, especially when climbing, then yeah, you m ay not notice as much, but if you're not that type of rider who likes spinning like a hamster and pushes a harder/bigger gear, then the forces and stress you put through the knee tend to show up - smallest ring I run is a 32t and biggest cog is a 46t running 29x2.6-3.0" tyres. The fact that I can IMMEDIATELY stop the knee pain simply by slackening out the bikes geo by 1 degree tells me it's not just in my mind - had to do this on a ride because my setback post broke and had to use a straight post _(love Banshee's adjustable geo) ._