sore neck
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sore neck
Hey why not since we have knees and feets and other aches and pains going on. have about three hundred miles on my rex. first bent. and have fashened a headrest, have the seat back lots, but my neck gets sore on long uphills, mostly I think I need to learn to relax more, but its been so cold lately, like in the thirties! most things I have gone thru while adjusting to the bent I have found help with on the search the forems, but I seemed to be the only one desperate enough to fashion a head rest. Oh yeah head back looking thru thick part of the bi focals!
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Headrests are usually associated with the more extreme recline angles. Even with the seat back all the way, a V-Rex is relatively upright. I added more holes in the flute tube and it's still nowhere close to the recline on my Baron. Are you just putting out feelers to see who else has the same problem? If so, I'm not one.
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
Headrests are usually associated with the more extreme recline angles. Even with the seat back all the way, a V-Rex is relatively upright. I added more holes in the flute tube and it's still nowhere close to the recline on my Baron. Are you just putting out feelers to see who else has the same problem? If so, I'm not one.
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Is your neck sore in the front or the back? My neck gets sore in the back from road shock; the more reclined the seat, the worse the problem, and I am talking RANS recline, not high/low racer recline.
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I had a headrest, or I should say a neckrest, on my Baron for a while. I keep the seat in the full-down position, somewhere south of 30 degrees from horizontal. I found that while it was somewhat useful for resting while I was stopped, it wasn't worth the bother of keeping it on the bike. Most new lowracer riders mention building up their neck muscles for long rides, but I've never heard of a rider on a standard, American-style sport recumbent having problems. Sitting in a V-Rex is less reclined than watching TV in a Lay-Z-Boy. You may indeed be the only one. Or at least one of a vanishingly small minority.
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Originally Posted by BlazingPedals
I had a headrest, or I should say a neckrest, on my Baron for a while. I keep the seat in the full-down position, somewhere south of 30 degrees from horizontal. I found that while it was somewhat useful for resting while I was stopped, it wasn't worth the bother of keeping it on the bike. Most new lowracer riders mention building up their neck muscles for long rides, but I've never heard of a rider on a standard, American-style sport recumbent having problems. Sitting in a V-Rex is less reclined than watching TV in a Lay-Z-Boy. You may indeed be the only one. Or at least one of a vanishingly small minority.