January 16th 05, 09:32 AM
Hi, everyone. This is my very first post here, and I have ridden a
bent only twice, with back and shoulder pain both times.
The back pain I researched here on this ng and came to understand that
I was hot-dogging up a hill and thereby put too much pressure on my
lower back.
The shoulder pain was due to an unfortunate combination of my
long-standing rotator cuff tendonitis, and a subtle but undeniable
effort on my part to use the handlebars to assist in balancing myself
on the bike with a push-pull-push type of movement of my hands on the
bars. This type of movement aggravated my shoulder condition badly, in
short order.
The bent I rode was an above-the-seat steering model, but I am very
seriously considering an under-steer trike, made by Sun Bicycles.
Please take a look at the
trike.....http://www.sunbicycles.com/03/html_04/images_bikes_750/ez3_usx.jpg
I would appreciate your input/opinions of these issues of
balance/shoulder pain/back pain/understeer vs oversteer, etc.
I feel perhaps the members of this ng would give me more accurate
information than would the sales staff at the bike shop........
Thanking you all in advance,
Mark Mestman
bent only twice, with back and shoulder pain both times.
The back pain I researched here on this ng and came to understand that
I was hot-dogging up a hill and thereby put too much pressure on my
lower back.
The shoulder pain was due to an unfortunate combination of my
long-standing rotator cuff tendonitis, and a subtle but undeniable
effort on my part to use the handlebars to assist in balancing myself
on the bike with a push-pull-push type of movement of my hands on the
bars. This type of movement aggravated my shoulder condition badly, in
short order.
The bent I rode was an above-the-seat steering model, but I am very
seriously considering an under-steer trike, made by Sun Bicycles.
Please take a look at the
trike.....http://www.sunbicycles.com/03/html_04/images_bikes_750/ez3_usx.jpg
I would appreciate your input/opinions of these issues of
balance/shoulder pain/back pain/understeer vs oversteer, etc.
I feel perhaps the members of this ng would give me more accurate
information than would the sales staff at the bike shop........
Thanking you all in advance,
Mark Mestman