Rock'n in the saddle

"beas" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Is the cure for hip rocking at high cadences (120+ rpm)
lowering the saddle, or raising it?

Usually your saddle is too high, but it could also be too
low. You could also just have poor form.

Quoted message said:

Is the cure for hip rocking at high cadences (120+ rpm)
lowering the saddle,

or raising it?

If your pelvis rocks back and forth, your seat is too high,
forcing you to reach for the pedal at the bottom of each
stroke. Lower it to the point slightly below the one at
which you start to rock.

You may find pedaling backwards very fast an aid to making
this adjustment

"beas" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Is the cure for hip rocking at high cadences (120+ rpm)
lowering the saddle, or raising it?

Usually lowering it. Hips typically rock because you're
tilting the pelvis as you "reach" for the pedal at the
bottom of the stroke. "Bouncing" at high cadences is
something different, more of a muscular coordination thing
-- takes practice.

Quoted message said:

Usually lowering it. Hips typically rock because you're
tilting the pelvis

as

Quoted message said:

you "reach" for the pedal at the bottom of the stroke.
"Bouncing" at high cadences is something different, more
of a muscular coordination thing -- takes practice.

Thanks for the reply. Bouncing may be a better way to
describe it. That's happened on my MTB at high cadences, but
I thought it was due to a different saddle, slightly wider
at the sit bones than my road bike. I noticed the rocking on
my last ride, when I was wearing tights over my regular bike
shorts, so I may actually be sitting too high. I'll try
lowering the saddle a couple mm today. (My regular position
is marked on the seatpost).

It's been a good 14 years since I've ridden any significant
amount. I'm sure my technique has become rusty, so I'll work
on that, too!