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Zebee Johnstone
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In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:16:25 +0200
Jon Bendtsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Another thing was the elbow angle. When I read in bed for example with
>> elbows at 90 deg or more for any length of time my hands get numb.
>> Obviously apples and oranges, but the more extended arm position of
>> USS looks more comfortable to me.
>
> Okay, i'll think about what my elbow angle is next time i ride
> it. My bikes handlebar mount can be pushed forward, or backwards
> which would change the angle.
My elbow angle with the Bacchetter Giro 20 is fairly straight. Not as
straight as the faster Bacchettas get, but well past 90deg.
> I think the open or closed thing makes a difference. The cruzbike
> website and forum talks about pulling in the handlebars and thus
> closing to gain extra strength. I tried it myself, and it appears
> to be working, especially uphill. Unfortunately my stamina is not
> yet there where i can do this for longer times.
That tends to raise the heartrate, you can't do it for long.
I'm slow up hills, I have found that I don't have the aerobic fitness
to spin up them, so I tend to grind away in a lower gear. So up
Melville St which ranges from 1 in 8 to 1 in 6 for 800m, I start in
the lowest rear and middle ring, push that for as long as I can, drop
to smallest ring and about 3rd gear, push that, down, push that, down,
push that. My lowest cadence is about 55 on that.
If I had more heart I could spin more.
I comfort myself with the idea that the bike is heavyish and is
carrying a lot of gear. If I was one my friend's Challenge Sieran
then I'd be faster up there.
Zebee
Jon Bendtsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Another thing was the elbow angle. When I read in bed for example with
>> elbows at 90 deg or more for any length of time my hands get numb.
>> Obviously apples and oranges, but the more extended arm position of
>> USS looks more comfortable to me.
>
> Okay, i'll think about what my elbow angle is next time i ride
> it. My bikes handlebar mount can be pushed forward, or backwards
> which would change the angle.
My elbow angle with the Bacchetter Giro 20 is fairly straight. Not as
straight as the faster Bacchettas get, but well past 90deg.
> I think the open or closed thing makes a difference. The cruzbike
> website and forum talks about pulling in the handlebars and thus
> closing to gain extra strength. I tried it myself, and it appears
> to be working, especially uphill. Unfortunately my stamina is not
> yet there where i can do this for longer times.
That tends to raise the heartrate, you can't do it for long.
I'm slow up hills, I have found that I don't have the aerobic fitness
to spin up them, so I tend to grind away in a lower gear. So up
Melville St which ranges from 1 in 8 to 1 in 6 for 800m, I start in
the lowest rear and middle ring, push that for as long as I can, drop
to smallest ring and about 3rd gear, push that, down, push that, down,
push that. My lowest cadence is about 55 on that.
If I had more heart I could spin more.
I comfort myself with the idea that the bike is heavyish and is
carrying a lot of gear. If I was one my friend's Challenge Sieran
then I'd be faster up there.
Zebee
