"You'll blow your knees out"
06-22-09, 07:44 PM
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06-22-09, 08:02 PM
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stole your bike
IMO I ride a lot. I've put hundreds of kilometres on my hybrid and she's just past her 1 month birthday (typo in original post, week not year, sorry.)
Truth be told, I'm afraid of wiping out again. I actually fear going downhill fast now. It wasn't even a "bad" wipe out though I jammed my shoulder and messed up my wrist a little. I know it sounds neurotic..I hate admitting it. I feel if I can't touch toes on both feet while on the saddle, I'll wipe out again or something. It's a security issue, I guess.
Truth be told, I'm afraid of wiping out again. I actually fear going downhill fast now. It wasn't even a "bad" wipe out though I jammed my shoulder and messed up my wrist a little. I know it sounds neurotic..I hate admitting it. I feel if I can't touch toes on both feet while on the saddle, I'll wipe out again or something. It's a security issue, I guess.
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06-22-09, 08:05 PM
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06-22-09, 08:10 PM
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jorge, were you wearing a helmet? :O. Your poor noggin.
jaeger, thanks.
I think sometime this week I will go to the store I bought my hybrid from and ask the guy to mark the place on the seat post and ask him to adjust it a few mm each week/whatever works.
Thanks for the help everyone, you guys are so nice to noobs!
jaeger, thanks.
I think sometime this week I will go to the store I bought my hybrid from and ask the guy to mark the place on the seat post and ask him to adjust it a few mm each week/whatever works.
Thanks for the help everyone, you guys are so nice to noobs!
06-22-09, 08:13 PM
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stole your bike
jorge, were you wearing a helmet? :O. Your poor noggin.
jaeger, thanks.
I think sometime this week I will go to the store I bought my hybrid from and ask the guy to mark the place on the seat post and ask him to adjust it a few mm each week/whatever works.
Thanks for the help everyone, you guys are so nice to noobs!
jaeger, thanks.
I think sometime this week I will go to the store I bought my hybrid from and ask the guy to mark the place on the seat post and ask him to adjust it a few mm each week/whatever works.
Thanks for the help everyone, you guys are so nice to noobs!
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06-22-09, 08:15 PM
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And now that we have mandatory helmet laws for kids, there are a lot more of those parents and so fewer kids riding bikes. After all, cycling must be really dangerous if you need a helmet when doing it, right?
06-22-09, 08:47 PM
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Get an allen wrench - have the shop tell you what size you need - and you can adjust it yourself.
06-22-09, 08:49 PM
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06-22-09, 08:50 PM
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I actually have tools, they're in storage along with most of what I own, annoying. I can probably borrow/steal one from my BFs toolbox though.
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"Bike fitters" and I use that term loosely, always want to put me with a high seat. High enough that there is pain in 10 minutes of riding.
Do what feels right.
Do what feels right.
06-22-09, 11:58 PM
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Good advice, except the reason the low saddle height for her "feels right" is psychological. OP's concern about saddle height had nothing to do with pain, but rather with her feeling safer being able to reach the ground while perched on the saddle. She has also mentioned in another post problems with her... "junk", which Machka suggest could also be cause by a low saddle height. I can't relate there, but it seems raising that saddle might be a good idea, considering OP already has preexisting knee issues.
06-23-09, 01:57 AM
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Yeah, you don't want to go too high either ... that can cause as many problems as having a saddle that's too low, such as achilles tendon issues, and other knee issues to name a couple. You've got to figure out the right height.
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06-23-09, 09:37 AM
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IMO I ride a lot. I've put hundreds of kilometres on my hybrid and she's just past her 1 month birthday (typo in original post, week not year, sorry.)
Truth be told, I'm afraid of wiping out again. I actually fear going downhill fast now. It wasn't even a "bad" wipe out though I jammed my shoulder and messed up my wrist a little. I know it sounds neurotic..I hate admitting it. I feel if I can't touch toes on both feet while on the saddle, I'll wipe out again or something. It's a security issue, I guess.
Truth be told, I'm afraid of wiping out again. I actually fear going downhill fast now. It wasn't even a "bad" wipe out though I jammed my shoulder and messed up my wrist a little. I know it sounds neurotic..I hate admitting it. I feel if I can't touch toes on both feet while on the saddle, I'll wipe out again or something. It's a security issue, I guess.
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06-23-09, 09:47 AM
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Raise your seat and man up!
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06-23-09, 11:34 AM
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YOU HAD TO GET INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO "MOUNT" AMD "DISMOUNT" A BIKE?
Geez.....I learned this from my dad when I was 4 years old and he took the training wheels off. Learned it over and over living on my bikes all summer when I was on a kid, having a paper route where I really rode my bike and threw the papers.
Did you grow up in a bubble or something
Geez.....I learned this from my dad when I was 4 years old and he took the training wheels off. Learned it over and over living on my bikes all summer when I was on a kid, having a paper route where I really rode my bike and threw the papers.
Did you grow up in a bubble or something
