9/13/2007

What's wrong with the way I sit?

I have put about 450km on the Norco.
Lately however I have felt pain in my legs while riding... Am I getting old? (rhetorical... no comments)
Have I somehow over done it? (keep in mind I'm smoking a cigarette & having a beer while writing this) Perhaps some old football injury? (all that bench warming time finally catching up to me)

Apparently... seat positioning could be the cause. I adjusted the seat just like anybody would, for comfort. Well... after speaking to some experts... (guy at work who's biked longer than me)
Just having the seat a few millimeters different from what I had on the Supercycle... could cause this. So I've lowered it a bit & moved it back some... we shall see.

Haven't forgotten the Supercycle...


I bought a new (second hand) shifter. I will get new tire and inner tube over the weekend... maybe next week the repairs will begin.
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3 comments:

  1. UrbainxavierSeptember 15, 2007 at 11:21 AM

    Ok... moving the seat back... bad idea... my knees hurt. Let's try forward.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2007 at 8:11 PM

    Here's a site with very simple instructions for setting saddle height. http://www.ehow.com/how_14103_determine-correct-saddle.html.

    Pain in the front of the knee? Saddle too low. Pain at the back of the knee? Saddle too high.

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  3. UrbainxavierSeptember 20, 2007 at 8:17 PM

    Thanks... I seem to have sorted it out... but I will take look.

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