Is cyling a good sport for shorter people? - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

deathkomes4ya · 07-05-2007, 01:45 PM

I'm not too tall 5' 6" and I'm getting reconstructive knee surgery for an old torn cruciate ligament injury,

and so I'm looking for a new sport that will be easy on my knee (no impact, no twisting) and I like the idea of cycling, I bought a decent bike cause I cycle to work every day (4 miles total).

I just think that because your on wheels and pedal, long legs aren't an advantage, there's less bodily wind resistance and the lower centre of gravity is probably better.

Am I right or can anyone inform me otherwise?

P.s All this aside i really enjoy it so this is really out of curiosity.

Thanks!
Hmm interesting Jay P but is cycling not more about the exertion of force on a pedal as opposed to leverage on it, the only real fulcrum being the knee which is a flexible joint???

Maybe I'm wrong
You sound like you know what you're talking about though!