gots issues
December 1st, 2009 |
I don’t sit straight on the bike. I haven’t for a long time. Blue line is the center of the saddle, red line is my center and the distance between is WTFH!?!?!?
I used to try and compensate for it by rotating my entire pelvis to the left. The result of this was that my left knee stuck way out and everyone would point and laugh. Plus it was not super aero, and I am all about being super aero. So I visited a chiropractor a few years ago and got the knee pulled back in, but generally I still don’t sit straight.
Apparently I have a leg strength discrepancy as well. Despite what is shown in the photos above, where I am sitting farther to the right side of the saddle, my left leg is actually the stronger of the two.
The result of not sitting straight and the leg strength discrepancy, aside from simple inefficiency, is a generous amount of saddle pain including sometimes debilitating saddle sores. So I am going to get this fixed and sit straight on the saddle for 2010.
Larry and Sophie at The Fix are going to help me get straightened out and I am going to CRUSH Super Rookie in the Category 3 Keirin State Championships next year.
13 Responses to “gots issues”
That or you have your shorts on crooked.
@Steven: it’s bio mechanical dude.
i would suggest that the VPL is your biggest problem. panties under spandex?!?!?!
i know i know it’s your undershirt, i hope, but still.
@courtenay: no, they are actually big girl spanky panties.
This blog is all janky wack ass and shit.
Ever thought of it as “built in counter-steering” for the track?
Good luck because all the Cat 3 state championships were combined with the 1-2s last year. Didn’t get a points race because there were too many entered.
@a. kruse: hummm….maybe that’s what screwed me up in the 1st place.
i noticed that on a ride once and i thought maybe you had a really bad saddle sore and were favoring once side… then i wondered how you can even pedal your bike when you are all janked up like that…
@T3: I wonder that same thing.
i bet your left hamstring gets fatigued too. Better get an x-ray as that’s the only way to tell of a leg length discrepancy.
Does your right knee go into the toptube when pounding?
@Dew: Does your right knee go into the toptube when pounding?
Never.
Get an American Classic seatpost. This will help with the symptom not the cause though. FSA might be good too. You can shave the tabs off so you can move the saddle off center, I have one and it seems to work well.