Thanks for the compliment, Paul! LOL! Well, for one thing, the more you ride and the fitter you get, the more comfortable *any* bicycle is. :-)
Beyond that notion: I ride every day I can, usually 10-20 miles and sometimes up to 35 miles. I also have a long torso and longish arms, so the seating position isn't particularly 'crouched' for me: it seems fairly upright. When I first built it, I used bars with a 20mm rise and similar pullback, which put too much weight on my tail bone. That hurt a good bit. I reconfigured the bike with flat bars to this position, that puts my weight on my sit bones properly and distributes more of it to my arms and legs, alleviating a lot of cycling soreness. Getting a bicycle that fits your body specifically and adjusting it well is key to cycling comfort (and power, and control, etc). Not everyone is the same shape and can be comfortable on every bike. This one is custom built from the ground up to suit exactly me. :D G > On Apr 17, 2020, at 10:30 AM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m with you Paul. Several years ago I bought a ‘hybrid’ bike from Trek with > an upright riding position. My previous bike was a mountain bike that > required a crouched riding position which didn’t go well with my back and > neck. > On Apr 17, 2020, at 8:16 AM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looks great, but it seems like it would be very uncomfortable for someone > like me who hasn’t ridden in years. I can hear my back screaming at me at the > very thought of riding bent over like that for hours. But a fabulous machine > no doubt. > > >> On Apr 17, 2020, at 10:56 AM, Bob Pdml <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Looks great - and a good ride! >> >>> On 17 Apr 2020, at 15:42, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Yesterday's bicycle ride celebrated a moment of closure: >>> The Salsa Beargrease custom-build that replaces my stolen Fatboy is now >>> officially finished! The custom wheels were the last part, it took six >>> weeks to get these bespoke rims delivered from the excellent folks at BTLOS >>> in China. :) >>> >>> I took off for lunch, stopping first at the local cafe where I can get a >>> take-out lunch but just sit outside and eat, and then took the ride up the >>> hill to Cupertino so I could show the completed bike to the guys who built >>> the wheels. Then back home the easy way down the hills... 19 miles total, >>> 12.4 mph average, 776 calories consumed. >>> >>> I stopped about a third of the way into the ride to make some photographs >>> of SBG... >>> >>> Salsa Beargrease #1-5: >>> https://flic.kr/p/2iR8Pe2 >>> https://flic.kr/p/2iR8Pex >>> https://flic.kr/p/2iR8PeT >>> https://flic.kr/p/2iR63ZX >>> https://flic.kr/p/2iR8PfK >>> >>> The wheels—the whole bike!—came out just right to my eye. :D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
