Originally Posted by
Tom Bombadil
I don't know why it is promoted as being good for your knees. You are standing instead of sitting, putting a lot of weight on one knee, while the other knee is continually absorbing impacts with the ground.
Likewise for your feet. Lots of weight on one foot, constant impact on the other.
The back position looks none too comfy either.
Not sure this is a product aimed at the 50+ crowd - or at least a large percentage of it.
There was one on a club ride last year and I got a chance to ride it. You're supposed to keep changing feet as you ride. They might be okay on a flat trail but I wouldn't want to ride it anywhere else.
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