RE: [RBW] Riding posture - advice appreciated

2010-12-20 Thread Frederick, Steve
Behalf Of Paul Yeoh > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 9:41 AM > To: RBW Owners Bunch > Subject: [RBW] Riding posture - advice appreciated > > After looking at some photos taken by Early Grey of me riding his Sam with > drop bars (example here:) > http://www.flickr.com/photos/251

Re: [RBW] Riding posture - advice appreciated

2010-12-20 Thread PATRICK MOORE
If you are comfortable and efficient (both together) then you are fine. I personally find a hugely setback saddle to be both more comfortable and efficient and this saddle position tends naturally to a single plane for the back, be my bars 4 cm below saddle (Riv roads) or 8 cm above (Fargo); but ev

Re: [RBW] Riding posture - advice appreciated

2010-12-20 Thread Dave Minyard
Try yoga it's great for improving posture and alignment. I was having issues with my back while riding to the point of stop riding or maybe get a recumbent, I had someone recommend trying yoga...which I did and at this point 1.5 years later it's not an issue anymore. I can even ride on the drops fo

[RBW] Riding posture - advice appreciated

2010-12-20 Thread Paul Yeoh
After looking at some photos taken by Early Grey of me riding his Sam with drop bars (example here:) http://www.flickr.com/photos/25150...@n08/5260456237/ I noticed that I am particularly "bent" in the lower back. Well, no surprise really, I've noticed this elsewhere in my life but cycling on drop