I've got chronic lower back issues, and would like to offer a plug for Pilates as a way to make the lower back a bit more robust. The doctor that recommended it told me that when you start to get to the age where such problems occur, you need some activity that regularly lengthens and strengthens the back, for which Pilates is quite effective. I've gone from an average of three flare-ups per year to one in the past two years. FWIW i ride drops and have their tops at the height of the saddle.
Jim in Boulder On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:14:58 AM UTC-6, newenglandbike wrote: > > Bill- could you be a little less overt in your shameless gambits for > more bike porn? have you no dignity man? > > Now, back to the topic at hand: Bruce, please post a picture of your > bike already. > > -Matt > > > > On Tuesday, April 3, 2012 9:23:29 AM UTC-4, Bill M. wrote: >> >> Bruce, >> >> Can you post a good profile picture of your bike as it sits, and maybe >> one of you on the bike? >> >> Bill >> >> On Monday, April 2, 2012 5:05:14 PM UTC-7, Bruce Curry wrote: >>> >>> Tis the season to be putting on more miles and I am experiencing more >>> pronounced lower back pain. For some reason climbing makes it even >>> worse. I feel like my bars are too far forward for me but don't wan't >>> to launch on a stem buying spree without some scientific study and >>> addl input from group members. The facts: >>> >>> 64cm Ram with the bars about 3cm over saddle height, 60cm cockpit w/a >>> 12cm stem and a VO wayback seatpost w/a brooks B17. I am tall with >>> long torso & short arms. When I look at my front hub thru my bars the >>> hub is about an inch ahead of the line made by the bars (but since the >>> bars are up so high this point is essentially moot). What I think is >>> probably the most telling issue is that my knees remain about 7" away >>> from my bars (measured horizontally from each other from a purely >>> eyeballed vertical plane separating my knee from the bars). The >>> method I used to take this measurement was to spin backwards holding >>> onto the wall looking straight down at a tape measure to judge the >>> imaginary horizontal distance from the farthest forward progress of >>> the knee. >>> >>> Has anyone else faced this challenge? Solution? Does the "knee-bar >>> quotient" seem like a rational metric. Anyone else care to share >>> their number? >>> >>> Bruce in Seattle >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/PdOFicG1NvwJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
