no hands, I lean to the right
02-27-05 | 10:01 AM
#77
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I haven't read the middle of this thread, so I might have missed something.
Anyway, we all have assymetrical bodies, in terms of spine curvature and in how we organize our muscles to move our skeleton, and this may have more to do with the lean than the bike.
A physical therapist who specializes in the Feldenkrais Method can help a person reorganize his body, but it costs a lot of money.
If it doesn't create pain, one could live with it.
If a person has pain in one knee and not the other, it probably has something to do with body mechanics and not the knee itself; as in the lean.
Sometimes yoga will reorganize the body, and sometimes it won't.
However, yoga usually costs much less than Feldenkrais and one can meet interesting people in a yoga class.
Anyway, we all have assymetrical bodies, in terms of spine curvature and in how we organize our muscles to move our skeleton, and this may have more to do with the lean than the bike.
A physical therapist who specializes in the Feldenkrais Method can help a person reorganize his body, but it costs a lot of money.
If it doesn't create pain, one could live with it.
If a person has pain in one knee and not the other, it probably has something to do with body mechanics and not the knee itself; as in the lean.
Sometimes yoga will reorganize the body, and sometimes it won't.
However, yoga usually costs much less than Feldenkrais and one can meet interesting people in a yoga class.
02-27-05 | 10:36 AM
#78
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Originally Posted by Ken Cox
I haven't read the middle of this thread, so I might have missed something.
Anyway, we all have assymetrical bodies, in terms of spine curvature and in how we organize our muscles to move our skeleton, and this may have more to do with the lean than the bike.
A physical therapist who specializes in the Feldenkrais Method can help a person reorganize his body, but it costs a lot of money.
If it doesn't create pain, one could live with it.
If a person has pain in one knee and not the other, it probably has something to do with body mechanics and not the knee itself; as in the lean.
Sometimes yoga will reorganize the body, and sometimes it won't.
However, yoga usually costs much less than Feldenkrais and one can meet interesting people in a yoga class.
Anyway, we all have assymetrical bodies, in terms of spine curvature and in how we organize our muscles to move our skeleton, and this may have more to do with the lean than the bike.
A physical therapist who specializes in the Feldenkrais Method can help a person reorganize his body, but it costs a lot of money.
If it doesn't create pain, one could live with it.
If a person has pain in one knee and not the other, it probably has something to do with body mechanics and not the knee itself; as in the lean.
Sometimes yoga will reorganize the body, and sometimes it won't.
However, yoga usually costs much less than Feldenkrais and one can meet interesting people in a yoga class.
interesting. never heard of Feldenkrais; sounds like quite a process.
02-27-05 | 11:09 AM
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maybe if you ride your bike backwards sitting on the handlebars, that will adjust the differences in weight in your pockets. it's worth a shot and will probably impress the ladies a tad more than riding no handed.
02-27-05 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by stinkyonions
maybe if you ride your bike backwards sitting on the handlebars, that will adjust the differences in weight in your pockets. it's worth a shot and will probably impress the ladies a tad more than riding no handed.
02-28-05 | 12:55 AM
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MKRG wrote:
"Feldenkries??? Screw that new age horse crap...Give me a case of Pabst and I'll show you how to properly reorganize your innards."
New age?
I wouldn't have thought of it that way.
MKRG's comment makes the second time I have heard someone call Feldenkrais new age.
I don't get it.
If a person lifts weights, rides a bike, swims and does some running, he will get stronger and his stamina will improve.
Magic?
New age?
If a person's bike leans to the right or the left, only when he rides no hands, I would suspect a curved spine first, especially since we all have some weird curvature of the spine anyway.
Like the goofy way John Wayne used to walk?
If a person has lots of money or good health insurance, he can fix a moderately curved spine with physical therapy, and specifically Feldenkrais therapy.
Simple physics and physiology; no voodoo or new age stuff.
If a person doesn't have lots of money or good health insurance, he can take a budget yoga class, and, even if it doesn't straighten the curvature of his spine he can at least meet some nice people.
A guy has a bike that leans to the right only when he rides with no hands.
Think about it.
What changes?
But maybe he does have a bent fork/stem/whatever, and it makes the bike lean differently depending on whether or not he uses his hands.
That sounds easily fixable.
But what about when he rides someone else's bike?
Does it lean?
"Feldenkries??? Screw that new age horse crap...Give me a case of Pabst and I'll show you how to properly reorganize your innards."
New age?
I wouldn't have thought of it that way.
MKRG's comment makes the second time I have heard someone call Feldenkrais new age.
I don't get it.
If a person lifts weights, rides a bike, swims and does some running, he will get stronger and his stamina will improve.
Magic?
New age?
If a person's bike leans to the right or the left, only when he rides no hands, I would suspect a curved spine first, especially since we all have some weird curvature of the spine anyway.
Like the goofy way John Wayne used to walk?
If a person has lots of money or good health insurance, he can fix a moderately curved spine with physical therapy, and specifically Feldenkrais therapy.
Simple physics and physiology; no voodoo or new age stuff.
If a person doesn't have lots of money or good health insurance, he can take a budget yoga class, and, even if it doesn't straighten the curvature of his spine he can at least meet some nice people.
A guy has a bike that leans to the right only when he rides with no hands.
Think about it.
What changes?
But maybe he does have a bent fork/stem/whatever, and it makes the bike lean differently depending on whether or not he uses his hands.
That sounds easily fixable.
But what about when he rides someone else's bike?
Does it lean?
02-28-05 | 06:53 AM
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Hey, your post was the first time I have ever seen anything mentioning Peugeot UO-10.
I have a 1977, I think (I bought it in 1978), but mine is a 10 speed (2x5).
I have researched on-line, but never a mention of UO-10.
Mine is still looks good and rides fine. How about yours?
I have a 1977, I think (I bought it in 1978), but mine is a 10 speed (2x5).
I have researched on-line, but never a mention of UO-10.
Mine is still looks good and rides fine. How about yours?
