I'm really hoping I'm wrong here. First a little background:
For several weeks now I've been battling the evil "road crown twist"
posture that I see a few other beginners deal with too. I think mine
began by usually riding roads that slant downward to the right, forcing
me to throw my right shoulder back while trying to go straight. I
believe this habit has been burned into my brain and created a bad
"muscle memory" problem that now persists even on level roads. I'm
trying all the remedies suggested in these forums, inc. forcing my left
shoulder back, checking seat alignment, putting spacers under one side
of the seat, checking the bottom hub clamps are even, seat post
straight, tire pressure variances, and more --- and none have been a
magical overnight fix. I do notice that the effect seems to subside
toward the end of my rides when I force myself to keep my shoulders
even, so maybe it will eventually go away.
But while trying to make adjustments to my seat, I get very frustrated
with the incredible lack of precision quality I'm used to on a good
mountain bike seat. I know the muni market is small and so the
investment in higher-quality tooling and materials isn't economically
feasible to muni equipment manufacturers, but what is with all the
wiggle-room on a four-bolt seatpost? Trying to make minor tweaks in
saddle position is very difficult. Why can't a unicycle seat use the
twin-rail setup found on bicycle seats? Anyone know any good options
out there? FYI I'm on a Torker Unistar DX 24. Maybe that's the problem,
I know this muni isn't top-of-the-line. But I'm suspecting I'll find
the same type of non-precision 4-bolt setup when I move up to a KH 29.
Thanks for any help.
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munimutant
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