Improve your Cycling Experience 9 Helpful tips to ensure a pain-free ride As healthy as cycling can be, there are ways to hurt yourself if youre not cycling right. Heres a list of discomforts you could experience and how to fix them. Problem: Youre experiencing neck and shoulder pain while riding - This usually occurs when youre reaching too far and youre bending over too much to reach the handlebar. Solution:Move saddle forward or reduce your stem length. This reduces the distance you need to bend over Problem: Your fingers become numb while cycling- This is normally because there is too much pressure on your hands caused by the handlebar and your bodyweight Solution:Raise your handlebars or get padded handlebar grips. Gloves will also help Problem: Your seat is hurting your butt while riding This happens when there isnt enough weight split&between your 3 points of contact on your bicycle (handlebars, seat and pedals) Solution: Multiple ways to fix this; Use a wider saddle, or raise your seat or lower Handlebars (one depends on the other) Problem: Your Achilles tendon starts to hurt when cycling You are overstretching your legs too much because the seat is too high Solution: Lower your seat height Problem: You feel discomfort in your groin because of the tip of the saddle This is because of uneven weight distribution on the saddle. Solution: Bring down the nose of the saddle, or make sure the saddle is level. Problem: Knee pain while riding This happens purely because of the seat height - a) If you feel pain on the front of your knee, youre streching too much b) If the back of your knee is hurting its because there isnt enough range of motion Solution: a) Lower seat height so your knee isnt streching b) Increase seat height so your range of motion is not constrained Problem: You have a burning sensation on the balls of your feet Wearing tight shoes can cause increased pressure while pedaling causing burning sensation on the ball of your feet Solution: Wear appropriate socks to create enough cushioning. Moving cleats closer to your heel will help as well. Problem: Your wrists ache while cycling When theres too much weight on your handlebars, you can cause a lot of unnecessary strain on your wrists Solution:Reduce the pressure on wrists by increasing handlebar height or using handlebar padding Problem: Your lower back hurts on slopes or when pedalling hard This is normally when the bike frame isnt the right size for you. Solution: Time to switch to a new frame. One thats your size By Satish Narayana
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:19:16 +0000
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