I had a lay off the bike Oct 2010 to Apr 2011 due to knee pain; I was doing 800-1000k a month at the time. Anyway, heavy use of a foam roller seemed to resolve the issue enough for to get me comfortable on the bike again for me to do sportif distances.
Like the utter nob that I am; as soon as the symptoms stop then I stop with the roller, and now I'm approaching square one again.....although nowhere near as bad. As an aside I'm managing 50k a week running with no issues after a run (this includes 9 hour ultras) but I certainly know about it after a 3 hour zone 2 road ride (MTB doesn't seem to cause to many issues).
Anyway, my cheap old roller seems to have squashed in the middle; it was only a cheap one and I was wondering if there is any milage in getting a more expensive one.
Any professionals or enthusiastic amateurs care to comment.
