QUOTE(skyblu3 @ Jun 30 2023, 10:52 AM)
mind me asking how old are you?
knee pain, i used to have this many many years ago.
due to the sports i play mostly hard on the knees - squash, futsal.
one of the main reason is body weight. and then shoes.
i reduced my weight to my ideal body weight (that was about 8KG) and i started using a good running shoes.
no more knee pain now.
cycling, if you do not want to cycle on the road.
you can do what i do....mountain biking. just ride on those crosscountry type of trail. Not asking you do to downhill and enduro trail rides (which includes jumps and drops, etc). Just a good cycling on a long off road trail is good enough - we call this cross country ride.
Mid 40s. Yes, was having high BMI but brought myself down by 7 kgs so far but knees stopped supporting me. Perhaps I'll need better shoes as well

I believe part of my meniscus portruded out and thus everytime it was "touched", I lose strength on the knee.
Good idea to go off road cycling (sorry I tend to differentiate between cycling-bicycles vs riding-motorcycles), wonder why I haven't thought of that yet