"Freewheeling" <[email hidden]> wrote
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"Jon Meinecke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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It's possible to rise completely off the seat
bottom while coasting. I do this at certain rough places
on my TourEasy when I'm trail riding or railroad crossing...
This sounds like a perfect recipe for a back injury.
Then you misconstrue the body position that results.
With the Easy Racer Koolback seat, is it possible
to slide up the seatback and off the seat by pressing
with legs against pedals. This is most easily done
while coasting and does not result in a position that
invites back injury.
One need not rise far enough to lock knees, but rather
only an inch or so to unload seat slightly. Body weight
may thus be suspended between pedals and seat back.
By keeping knees bent, a certain amount of the bump/
shock may be absorbed or at least shifted from
bottom and lower back.
Road bump shock delivered through the seat to lower
back may aggravate degenerative disc conditions. I
know. I have S5-L1 disc/nerve damage. The riding
position of an upright bike particularly with drop bars
may open the lower back to even more effect from
such impact. I know. I was riding an upright when
my disc problems became acute.
A bike with a supportive backrest and rear suspension
is recommended for such conditions. Can you guess
what sort of recumbent someone with such condition
and limited budget might buy in 1998?
It is possible to perform the rising-from-seat maneuver
on that bike, too, though not as "sweetly" as a year
or so later...
Jon Meinecke
