| Re: My 'Bent Is Starting to Annoy Me
bigjim@backpacker.com wrote:
> If I can ride a bike for 4-6 hours I consider it comfortable. My
> Lemond road bike and C;dale cross bike fit that bill fine. I have the
> bars only slightly below saddle, a Brooks seat and I;m fine. My MTB's
> are torture machines and cannot ride for more than an hour before neck
> shouler wrist pain start!!
I can ride my uprights all day continously and be comfortable.
The problem is that within two weeks my back will be aching like crazy.
And I am likely one of the few young 'bent-riders around at age 34.
I never had a problem with my wrists or shoulders from upright biking,
though. I do change hand positions for comfort, but no regular problem
has ever developed. It's only my back that's really affected. I agree
that frame geometry and a proper saddle do a lot for comfort on an
upright, and I don't blame bike-riding per se for my bad back -- it
kind of started in childhood and was really messed up in the Army but
upright bikes and even jogging exacerbates it.
My sports doc recommended a 'bent, and that was my excuse to splurge
thousands.
It's been great fun, but getting annoying now with all the break-downs.
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