8 years of it 🙁
Had an arthroscopy 2 years ago, that made it worse.
Going under the knife of another surgeon in 3 week’s time. This time it’s open surgery to release pressure on the patella, combined with micro-fracture and another clean up.
I did everything to prevent this: Bike fit experts, physio-therapy, single speed, gears, no riding…… the lot!!
I’d advise you to see a physio asap. It is probably an imbalance that can be addressed with some hard work. I’m not convinced that single speeding made mine worse, possibly the leg strength helped, but in the end it became too painful to put so much pressure through the knee so I had to become a twiddler!!
Keep it warm when on the bike, plenty of quad stretching, maybe ice packs in the evening and avoid kneeling.