It's when you think ahead and get a good plan together. :-) On Nov 17, 2013 8:48 PM, "hsmitham" <hughsmit...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Don, > > Glad to hear your recovering from your back issues...I can relate at 52 I > have osteoarthritis in my 5th & 6th vertebrae and have had a herniated disc > in same area and it seems a long slow recovery. I have been strengthening > my back and abdominal muscles which seems to help. This past Friday I > mounted two flat panel televisions my wife has been requesting and of > course I strained my back once again, just not as bad as previously most > likely the PT is working. > > When I ride my AHH I think I get a similar feeling on hill climbs the > pedal stroke just feels ideal I'm light so I don't feel this flexy thing. > But I can tell you my back thanks me for keeping the Handle bars high. > > With all the talk of "planing" and what sort of tubing makes it happen, it > is interesting to hear someone describe what surely seems to be the same > thing with a Rivendell > > What is this planing? Never heard of it? Patrick please explain or anyone > who knows of this phenomenon. > > ~Hugh > > > On Monday, November 11, 2013 8:24:00 PM UTC-8, Don Compton wrote: >> >> First off, I have more bikes than I need. I love to ride 35-50 mile >> rides,rolling hills. I have been suffering with some hard core back issues. >> I am not in a chair, but lots of hip, back, and foot pain. >> I finally started to work out again, and have been doing so at a gym run >> by "PT's". I am coming back, but it's slow process. >> Ok, here's the epiphany: after all this work, my favorite bike to hammer >> on is still my Roadeo, hills included. Its not just the ride position, but >> the bike just matches my pedal stroke. The frame is flexy when I am >> standing, but when I am hammering,sitting on the saddle up a hill, I get >> this soft-pedal, rhythmic feeling on climbs. >> Don C. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
