Originally Posted by
Machka
My hamstrings have all the flexibility of 2x4s. When I told my chiropractor I wasn't very flexible, he nodded and smiled, and then put me through some flexibility tests ... and could hardly believe how inflexible I was. He told me he has never come across someone with as little hamstring flexibility as I have. And that's not the first time I've heard that.
And yet I find stepping over the top tube so much easier than trying to get my leg WAY up over a saddle.
Don't leave your pump right next to the bike. When you stand it can tip over and into the spokes of your rear wheel.
I lost four spokes that way.
Once the weather gets too cold to ride on a regular basis, I start showing up at the local yoga class. It's amazing how tight my hammies get over the summer. Of course, intervals are the worst and 2/3's of my riding is a commute consisting of a dozen intervals spaced 6-8 blocks apart.
Also, I've slowly started doing cyclocross remounts most every time. It attracts quite a bit of notice.
