my new bike / spine curvature
Sep. 24th, 2006 02:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslYesterday I bought a nice hybrid unisex bike at Biketek, along with a U-lock+cable (a combination I had never seen). I paid $350 for bike + $40 for lock + tax + repairing the flat on Giancarlo's bike (now I can return it).
Since my legs are disproportionally short wrt my body, my arms were too close to the handlebar. They got me a longer handlebar stem, which gave my arms an extra inch, but it's not quite enough. When I ride it, my back is almost straight. Some solutions:
* get used to it: it might be better posture anyway
* slide my seat further back
* sit further in the back of the seat
* turn the stem
* turn the handlebar
* get an even longer stem
I remember someone (I forget who) telling me that the curvature of our spine is due to the pressure caused by our standing on two legs, and the closer to straight your back is, the better. In particular, they said that hard mattresses / floors are good because they tend to make your back straight. To support his/her argument, this person told me that babies' backs are straight. This sounds suspicious to me. What do you think?
Since my legs are disproportionally short wrt my body, my arms were too close to the handlebar. They got me a longer handlebar stem, which gave my arms an extra inch, but it's not quite enough. When I ride it, my back is almost straight. Some solutions:
* get used to it: it might be better posture anyway
* slide my seat further back
* sit further in the back of the seat
* turn the stem
* turn the handlebar
* get an even longer stem
I remember someone (I forget who) telling me that the curvature of our spine is due to the pressure caused by our standing on two legs, and the closer to straight your back is, the better. In particular, they said that hard mattresses / floors are good because they tend to make your back straight. To support his/her argument, this person told me that babies' backs are straight. This sounds suspicious to me. What do you think?