I know plenty of people have probably read or posted on threads like these but i am wondering the effects as i haven't found any real info. I had bad knees in middle school and high school due to a thing called osgood schlaughters. I use to get real bad aching knees and fluid build up when playing soccer but it finally went away 2 years ago in 11th/12th grade. I have a heckler but am considering getting a hardtail i can ride street and dj on but i rode my heckler this past weekend at snowshoe riding real hard on the mtn x and on the freeride and race courses. My right knee did start aching and i'm wondering if i should get a hardtail or would it bring back pains in my knees. When i play basketball with my friends my knees take a lot of impact and start aching and hurting again. I came real close to tearing my ACL once playing soccer because of my knees and dont know if i should just stick to short travel FR frames for djing and such or is it possible to ride HT and such and not have my knees mess up bad? I know a few big riders that said they had knee problems and i see them mostly on small FR bikes (steve romaniuk has had knee problems and rode a 4by mostly from what i saw). Should i just be safe and stick to squish?
Sorry for the long post thanks to anyone who posts back or took the time to bother reading my crap.
Sorry for the long post thanks to anyone who posts back or took the time to bother reading my crap.