View Poll Results: Which part has the most sore/pain during long rides?
neck
5
10.20%
shoulder
6
12.24%
lower back
3
6.12%
arm
3
6.12%
wrist or hand
9
18.37%
hip
1
2.04%
butt
20
40.82%
knee
4
8.16%
leg
5
10.20%
other
7
14.29%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 49. You may not vote on this poll
Which part of your body has the most sore/pain during long rides?
05-27-14, 04:44 PM
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Which part of your body has the most sore/pain during long rides?
It could have to do with how your exert muscles, riding posture, bike frame fitting, etc. I make this a multiple-choice poll, but please try to minimize selections.
05-27-14, 06:08 PM
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You left off a box for NONE. I've ridden a metric century in a day and just felt a bit tired.
05-27-14, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by VegasTriker
You left off a box for NONE. I've ridden a metric century in a day and just felt a bit tired.
. You must have a perfectly fit bike and ride in correct posture.
05-27-14, 06:12 PM
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Pretty much just my legs hurt. Did 30 miles this past Sunday, and at about the 25 mile mark, my thighs really started to ache. They both almost cramped up a few times before I finished. Thank goodness they didn't, but it was a very painful last few miles. I'm sure that as I regularly do such distances, the instances of (almost) cramping will diminish.
05-27-14, 06:25 PM
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I ride a recumbent - a low recumbent trike for the most part and have done so for more than a decade now. I left all of the problems associated with the seat and being hunched over the handlebars behind when I did. Had I kept riding a DF bike, it would probably just hang from the garage ceiling as my mountain bikes mostly do.
05-27-14, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by VegasTriker
I ride a recumbent - a low recumbent trike for the most part and have done so for more than a decade now. I left all of the problems associated with the seat and being hunched over the handlebars behind when I did.
05-27-14, 07:38 PM
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No bird droppings lately. I do remember regularly getting dive bombed by red wing blackbirds when I lived in Wisconsin. The darn things would always come in from behind so you never knew in advance it was going to happen. Wouldn't be so bad these days as I always use a bike helmet. Bird safe!
BTW on a recumbent trike you face forward, not up. It is in sharp contrast to the road bike rider who nearly ran me down the other day on a bike trail. He was concentrating so hard on looking at the front wheel that he was oblivious of anyone else on the planet. A very loud "LOOK UP" got his attention before we crashed head on.
BTW on a recumbent trike you face forward, not up. It is in sharp contrast to the road bike rider who nearly ran me down the other day on a bike trail. He was concentrating so hard on looking at the front wheel that he was oblivious of anyone else on the planet. A very loud "LOOK UP" got his attention before we crashed head on.
05-27-14, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by VegasTriker
He was concentrating so hard on looking at the front wheel that he was oblivious of anyone else on the planet.
05-27-14, 09:25 PM
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I second the vote for "NONE" ... I've done some very, very long rides, and I've been tired of course, but nothing really hurt.
It's all about getting a bicycle that is the right size and set up correctly for you.
Using a good saddle for you.
And being fit.
It's all about getting a bicycle that is the right size and set up correctly for you.
Using a good saddle for you.
And being fit.
05-27-14, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Machka
I second the vote for "NONE" ... I've done some very, very long rides, and I've been tired of course, but nothing really hurt.
05-27-14, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by vol
How do you manage looking forward without neck sore on a road bike?
I did get some stiff shoulders after riding 40 miles with hills yesterday, but even that wasn't nearly as much discomfort as I felt on my shoulders in the first couple of weeks.
Originally Posted by xenologer
realistic stem/handlebar height?
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05-27-14, 10:29 PM
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I have two hybrid bikes. The new one has 1.5" longer distance from seat to stem, and it's sooo much more uncomfortable for me! I have to lean forward to reach the bar, and it's not even close to the hunched roadie position. Yesterday during a 1.5 hour ride I had to sit back from time to time with one hand off the bar to release pressure and sore.
05-27-14, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by vol
How do you manage looking forward without neck sore on a road bike?
Originally Posted by xenologer
realistic stem/handlebar height?
05-27-14, 11:12 PM
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Here's me riding Machak, my Marinoni Ciclo ... a bicycle who fits me very well ... on a tour in Europe in 2007. I'm not in a "hunched roadie position" ... I'm quite comfortably riding along, looking forward, etc.
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Here's me riding my Thorn touring bicycle about a year ago. Also a very comfortable bicycle.
/Here's me riding my Thorn touring bicycle about a year ago. Also a very comfortable bicycle.
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05-28-14, 12:11 AM
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My butt hurts most after 24 hours in the saddle. Legs, arms, neck, muscles all good but ye gods does that butt hurt!
05-28-14, 06:34 AM
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No doubt that "none" should have been a choice. I too ride recumbents, both a bike and a trike. I have no pain at all. After a long ride, I may feel tired, but have no pain.
05-28-14, 06:35 AM
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Wrists, thinking i need to raise my handlebars a bit and just a result of being overweight/not strong enough core
05-28-14, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Astrozombie
not strong enough core
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Another Vote for "No Pain"
I can't really say that riding causes me any pain at all. After a 60+ mile ride, I might feel tired in my muscles. Sometimes I have a faint sensation that I've been sitting for a long time, but it's not pain, not numbness or tingling, not really discomfort at all...
When I ride my mountain bike and have crashes - the pain comes. It doesn't have to be a long ride. Most frequently, it's bashing of calves/shins on cranks or pedals. Rarely, it's my face striking the ground. That usually leaves a small mark...
When I ride my mountain bike and have crashes - the pain comes. It doesn't have to be a long ride. Most frequently, it's bashing of calves/shins on cranks or pedals. Rarely, it's my face striking the ground. That usually leaves a small mark...
05-28-14, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by daihard
Okay, following @Machka, I have my posture shown here...
As you can see, I'm pretty upright with the 17-degree stem.
As you can see, I'm pretty upright with the 17-degree stem.
Looking good! I can't wait to try out my 30 degree stem. May feel like a lazyboy chair.
05-28-14, 01:52 PM
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All my aches and pains have been diminishing by riding more. I am down to my right elbow hurting occasionally. Doesn't matter which bike I ride so I am beginning to think it isn't related.
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