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04-21-06, 08:56 AM
My wife has been feeling a pain in her side between some ribs while riding on the back of our tandem. It usually starts 10-20 miles out and can be excruciating, especially on longer rides.
The problem doesn’t occur on her road bike which she takes on long rides as well. I’ve checked the fit of both bikes, even photoshopping pictures of the bikes on top of each other to see any differences.
Anyone have some ideas? A couple thoughts of differences:
-The tandem has a suspension seat post. Is it possible that could be causing some pain?
-Another tandem rider thought she might be leaning to the right side to see around me. Perhaps she should try leaning towards the left side to see if that helps.
Unfortunately, she just gets frustrated with the pain and doesn’t want to change anything. I keep telling her that the pain won’t go away without doing something different :rolleyes:
Suggestions are welcome!
-murray
The problem doesn’t occur on her road bike which she takes on long rides as well. I’ve checked the fit of both bikes, even photoshopping pictures of the bikes on top of each other to see any differences.
Anyone have some ideas? A couple thoughts of differences:
-The tandem has a suspension seat post. Is it possible that could be causing some pain?
-Another tandem rider thought she might be leaning to the right side to see around me. Perhaps she should try leaning towards the left side to see if that helps.
Unfortunately, she just gets frustrated with the pain and doesn’t want to change anything. I keep telling her that the pain won’t go away without doing something different :rolleyes:
Suggestions are welcome!
-murray