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Topic: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride (Read 13104 times)
corndog67
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 05, 2009, 07:27:46 AM »
Quote from: kopfjager on April 04, 2009, 11:35:59 PM
Damn Bro, this isn't an NA meeting.
Hi, I'm Corndog and I'm a .............You're right, it kind of sounded like that. Sorry. Getting old, tending to repeat myself sometimes. And go on and on.
Later, Robert
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Desmostro
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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Quote from: corndog67 on April 05, 2009, 07:27:46 AM
Hi, I'm Corndog and I'm a .............You're right, it kind of sounded like that. Sorry. Getting old, tending to repeat myself sometimes. And go on and on.
Later, Robert
What-ev Robert. This is a "forum" right? if you get something out of it, it's good.
Tigre Woods does yoga. Lance Armstrong runs and lifts weights. All the MOTP GP guys work out like mad.
What I'm getting at, Tech, health, it's all about riding. It all counts right?
Let it all hang out IMHO. then we all learn.
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 07, 2009, 04:31:27 PM »
Quote from: Raux on April 04, 2009, 11:23:44 PM
i'm getting the numb fingers too. so yoga helps that?
Just don't squeeze the grips so hard...take it from this 55-year old it only gets less better...
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corndog67
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 07, 2009, 04:49:41 PM »
I'm pretty relaxed when I ride, I tend to let the bike kind of float, I don't gorilla grip the bars. I think I'm get Carpal Tunnel, but I'm not paying to go see the doctor only to have her tell me I need and operation and time off of work. It's been kind of getting worse over the past 4 years or so. I'll do something about it when I can't hold a fork any more.
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Raux
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 07, 2009, 11:57:50 PM »
Quote from: OT on April 07, 2009, 04:31:27 PM
Just don't squeeze the grips so hard...take it from this 55-year old it only gets less better...
one of the things i was wondering about is the position of the controls. maybe my wrists are too angled.
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That Nice Guy Beck!
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 07:50:35 AM »
cross fit
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 11:49:01 AM »
if you have issues with your hands/fingers going numb you have one or more issues going on...
*gloves don't fit properly
*controls not properly adjusted
*you need to relax your grip on the bars just a tad
*you have serious cardiovascular issues and might want to think about trading your bike for a rascal or jazzy
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Raux
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 12:14:34 PM »
Quote from: DLSGAP on April 10, 2009, 11:49:01 AM
if you have issues with your hands/fingers going numb you have one or more issues going on...
*gloves don't fit properly
*controls not properly adjusted
*you need to relax your grip on the bars just a tad
*you have serious cardiovascular issues and might want to think about trading your bike for a rascal or jazzy
i think my issues are 2 or 3 maybe one or both.
i've been thinking about rotating the bar forward a bit on the 696 to bring the controls down more.
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 12:51:48 PM »
Quote from: Raux on April 10, 2009, 12:14:34 PM
i think my issues are 2 or 3 maybe one or both.
i've been thinking about rotating the bar forward a bit on the 696 to bring the controls down more.
when you're on the bike in your normal riding position, your wrists shouldnt have to be bent at all for you to apply the brake or clutch.. just be straight as an arrow. not having your levers or even clip ons adjusted properly will cause pressure points that can make riding VERY uncomfortable
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Damien
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Raux
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 01:12:42 PM »
Quote from: DLSGAP on April 10, 2009, 12:51:48 PM
when you're on the bike in your normal riding position, your wrists shouldnt have to be bent at all for you to apply the brake or clutch.. just be straight as an arrow. not having your levers or even clip ons adjusted properly will cause pressure points that can make riding VERY uncomfortable
yeah that is for sure one of my issues. i tried to rotate the controls forward but they wont go anymore and the bikini fairing is in the way. i'm gonna try and rotate the bars forward to see if that will do it.
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 01:28:43 PM »
just keep in mind that doing so will alter your riding position and could case you to put more weight on your hands
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Damien
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corndog67
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 09:37:20 PM »
I ride with my elbows kind of up, in attack position, but I have motocross style bars, and as such, my levers are rotated down a little bit compared to some. It's how I've been adjusting all my bikes bars for years and years, I know where the levers are when i need them, it's comfortable, and I feel I have good control with my elbows up. It came from dirt bike riding and it works for me. When I sit on other peoples sleds, their levers feel like they are pointed up, you have to reach up to grab them and that doesn't feel right to me. On my dirt bike, where I
should
be standing most of the time, they are rotated even farther down, so in a standing position, they are in the right place, but the street bike is just a little below where most people have them.
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Raux
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 10, 2009, 11:01:18 PM »
so maybe that's what i'm doing?
i need to keep my elbows low to keep my arms lower and my hands flatter. hmmm i will really try to see if i am keeping my arms too high.
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corndog67
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April 11, 2009, 08:11:59 AM »
Raux, every good rider that has ever giving me any kind of coaching, street or dirt, has said to keep your elbows up in an attack position, keeping more weight on the front wheel. If your elbows are down, and your front wheel starts going away, it's gone, if your elbows are up, you might have a chance to catch it before you hit the ground.
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Raux
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Re: Physical fitness and how much it affects your ride
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April 11, 2009, 03:17:51 PM »
Quote from: corndog67 on April 11, 2009, 08:11:59 AM
Raux, every good rider that has ever giving me any kind of coaching, street or dirt, has said to keep your elbows up in an attack position, keeping more weight on the front wheel. If your elbows are down, and your front wheel starts going away, it's gone, if your elbows are up, you might have a chance to catch it before you hit the ground.
thanks. geez i wish i could figure this out though. my hands are going numb too much
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