Back hurts!
08-31-05, 05:29 PM
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Back hurts!
hey me and my friends just came back from a 5 hour long bike trip, we were going of jumps and drops then ended of with about 2 hours of urban riding and my back is killing me...is this normal after biking lots or am i doing something wrong? plz help i can barely walk.
08-31-05, 05:48 PM
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5 hours of jumps and drops will knock the crap out of anyone who's not used to it.
Side note: Don't use plz instead of please there's no reason to take lazy shortcuts like that when you have all the time in the world to type up a response.
Side note: Don't use plz instead of please there's no reason to take lazy shortcuts like that when you have all the time in the world to type up a response.
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Originally Posted by DylanTremblay
hey me and my friends just came back from a 5 hour long bike trip, we were going of jumps and drops then ended of with about 2 hours of urban riding and my back is killing me...is this normal after biking lots or am i doing something wrong? plz help i can barely walk.
08-31-05, 05:54 PM
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the 5 boro bike tour in manhatten last year took me less than 5 hours and my butt and my back were killing me when I was done...do you think my specialized would look funny if I retrofitted a bananna seat? 
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minesbroken ,your seat may be a smidge too high or you havent ridden like that before/in a while. welcome to the forums BTW(by the way)
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Thanks for rolling out the welcome mat. Perhaps the seat is too high. I just bought it too its a specialized body geometry, How high up should it be and do you think it should be completely level or tilted forward or back for the best results? just curious?
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there are those here who could probably tell you how to get the right height over the web a whole lot better than I can. I just know that I dont want to feel like Im leaning forward or back, and that my knees dont straighten out but to give a detail of how to do it Raiyn, A2, or some others do a better job of guiding on "how to"
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Thanks for the advise I will ask them when I get the chance. Do you know off hand if its a good seat that I bought? I'm starting to see them on a whole lot of new and expensive specialized bikes as standard equipment now.
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Oh man, yea thats pretty normal. I had the same thing happen to me, and it sucks big time. Basically take a 3-4 days off...I know, it sucked for me too. But take it from me, it doesn't get better unless you take those days off. I had back pain for probably 2 weeks.
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Originally Posted by Minesbroken
Thanks for the advise I will ask them when I get the chance. Do you know off hand if its a good seat that I bought? I'm starting to see them on a whole lot of new and expensive specialized bikes as standard equipment now.
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https://www.sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html#height
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take a few days off, hit a hot tub, then if you do any exercise/weight traning other than biking, incorporate a back routine into your normal training schedule. your back will hate you for the first week or so, then it'll be great.
