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cirian75 said:
I moved the seat to the middle of its rails, it was all the way back, raised the seat almost and inch, flipped the handle bar stem so it has a rise rather than a fall.
He said I was riding all wrong, hold your self up with you core, your hands should be lightly resting on the bars.
The seat can go up a little more, doing that before I head home, and I may need a shorter stem.
Fore/aft adjustment is very important. I have my seats quite a long way forward, keeping the knees well over the pedals and allowing for use of the glutes. He said I was riding all wrong, hold your self up with you core, your hands should be lightly resting on the bars.
The seat can go up a little more, doing that before I head home, and I may need a shorter stem.
Yes, you don't want to be reaching too far forward to the bars either.
Improving core strength is always a good thing.
It was a bit windy this afternoon.
I finally got fed up with the rolling resistance on the road of my off road tyres on my cyclocross bike (night and day compared with my road bike) on the way home and fitted the pair of unused Conti Ultra Sport that I liberated from the local tip. I''m going to get some fairly fat, tough slicks for the winter.
I finally got fed up with the rolling resistance on the road of my off road tyres on my cyclocross bike (night and day compared with my road bike) on the way home and fitted the pair of unused Conti Ultra Sport that I liberated from the local tip. I''m going to get some fairly fat, tough slicks for the winter.
Edited by MC Bodge on Thursday 9th July 07:19
Well Tube strike in London and my normal ride in was slowed by all the car boot specials that have been dug out of the back of the shed. To the guy that I followed going up the hill to Manor House I salute you, your rusty mountain bike with very buckled rear wheel and bent seat post must have been hard work.
In fact what really tickled me was the amount of people who were still oblivious to the strike and trying to get into the tube stations, they must have been living under a rock for the past month. I was waiting at the lights outside Bounds Green station and there was a guy shaking the shutters shouting "why aren't you open yet?"
In fact what really tickled me was the amount of people who were still oblivious to the strike and trying to get into the tube stations, they must have been living under a rock for the past month. I was waiting at the lights outside Bounds Green station and there was a guy shaking the shutters shouting "why aren't you open yet?"
Had to go to the doctors this morning, so after that I had to cycle all the way to the station.
Perfect ride, wind was behind me all the way, didn't put a foot down the entire ride, must have broken a few of my personal bests ...
except I hadn't pushed "start" on my phone.
Got to the other end on the train, wind was not there, every light went red. Why is it always this way?
Perfect ride, wind was behind me all the way, didn't put a foot down the entire ride, must have broken a few of my personal bests ...
except I hadn't pushed "start" on my phone.
Got to the other end on the train, wind was not there, every light went red. Why is it always this way?
h to fit.
Great bit of riding into work the past two days. I like doing it regardless, but the past 2 days have seen awful traffic (3 mile queues) building up towards our site. So the cars that I pass in the back half of this queue never catch up with me 
I do secretly feel a bit smug, but they don't care.
I do secretly feel a bit smug, but they don't care.
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