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Old 07-15-11 | 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 10 Wheels
Moving your seat will mess up your knees and give you saddle sores.
Make your hands, wrists, and arms stronger.
Wrong, wrong wrong...... Saddle sores have nothing to do with fore/aft position of the seat. Numbness has nothing to do with strength. It is a pinched nerve or lack of circulation. Being stronger will not help with the irritation of the myelin sheath of a nerve. And the safe fore/aft position of the seat has a wide range of acceptable settings. Think of the difference from a tri bike to a recumbant or a laid back geometry bike. As you can see there is a huge range of fore/aft positions..none of which screw up your knees.



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