Re: Leather Saddle Update

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 20 May 2025 18:25:32 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

On 20 May 2025 18:00:30 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:
 

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 5/20/2025 8:02 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

 
Only sore wrists/hands or rather arm pump is from 1980/90?s  MTB?s on long
descents, where you could get for arm pump, some of my fellow Gravellers
get arm pump ...

 
What's "arm pump"? I'm unfamiliar with the term.
 

Sore fore arms from braking, on longer technical down hills, aka stuff your
constantly reapplying the brakes.
 
Roger Merriman

 
That's not why my wrists got sore. The weight of my upper body resting
on the handlebars was what made them sore.
 
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C'est bon
Soloman
 

 
That rather suggests a poor bike fit, which reading between the lines a
more aggressive position than is wise, particularly if it’s some 16 ish
years back and more, even roadies have realised that what the Pros do isn’t
necessarily a good idea on a club run even a rapid one!
 
My Old school roadie has a moderately aggressive position but the Gravel
bike is fairly relaxed for good reason as in general off road you want to
slow stuff down, exception being CX bikes which racing on parks and so on,
tend to have very fast handling as that’s what the courses tend to favour.
 
Roger Merriman

 
Might have been a poor fit. I was 6 feet, 1 & 1/2 inches tall and
about 225 lbs back when I was riding two wheelers. I wasn't built for
bicycling. Most really good bicyclists I see are small and wiry.

Roadies and XC MTB yes tend to be light weight, other disciplines vary from
track sprint guys such as Sir Chris Hoy who is my weight and Height at his
prime though he would have less fat and more muscle %!

To the folks like the DH/Enduro folks who tend to be heavier than the
endurance athletes such as the roadies or XC athletes, ie they need to be
able to muscle the bike around.

And it’s why I don’t get sore arms etc compared to my Gravel riding
companion as I have more muscle mass and so on, particularly off road and
in soggy conditions size matters one of my riding companions is quite a
small woman and she doesn’t have the strength and inertial to plow though
some sections.

I’d note in amateur cycling plenty of big guys about, my club was started
as an off shoot of rowing club so plenty guys who are described as units!
Ie folks 6”4 and above and solidly built.

 
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C'est bon
Soloman
 

Roger Merriman