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Bike riding and flexibility 17-Jul-2016 At 12:38:09 PM Eduardo Slabofvic

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On 17/07/2016 IdratherbeclimbingM9 wrote:
>On 16/07/2016 dalai wrote:
>>Don't put the seat up higher, will only cause issues.
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>Can you elaborate please?
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You're on the right track in so far as there a few different pedalling techniques to use depending on the circumstances. E.g. Sprinting is different to tempo which is different to climbing. You tube is your go to place for technique tutorials. Look out for a guy named Joe Friel.

Also, SBS on demand is showing the UCI Mountain Bike series. Good opportunity to see how the pros ride. Observe their body weight distribution and their pedalling as they go up hill.

What I try to do when riding on dirt up a hill is to avoid any wheel spin, as that tends to make me loose my momentum and shift my body position. I use "clipless" cleats so that allows my to try and keep a constant pressure on the pedals. More important on hard but loose surfaces.

The issues that Dali referred to are many and various, but usually involve pain in some or other part of your anatomy.

On dirt, I like to drop the seat as low as possible when descending, so I need to be able to put it back in the right spot when riding flat or up hill. So I've just put a scratch on the seat post. There are these seat posts that you can buy that are like hydronic, so you press a button on your handlebars and you can push the seat down with your backside then press the button and it comes back up into the same spot. They seem like a good idea.