PalmerSperry
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Given a shortage of audax events, but quite a few Sportives in my local(ish) area and the discovery that I enjoy (FSVO) climbing on an upright whilst it's just a drag on a recumbent, it seems likely that I'm going back to the upright[1][2]. (This will also have possible advantages wrt to using the bike racks on the back of the Postbuses.)
However the potential issue I'm worrying about is the neck muscles, or specifically not coming out of the winter in a condition where 2 km of ~10% descent results in neck pain! (Lots of snow in the winter round here, so the roadbike doesn't get much action for 2-3 months.) Now making sure my bike actually fits me properly is one obvious suggestions and doing my winter turbo-training in the drops rather than on the hoods might be another, but are there any other suggestions?
[1] Not exactly doing cartwheels of joy over the concept of doing LEL on a upright, but lots (probably by the majority) of other people have managed it!
[2] Probably need a different upright too, but that's a work in progress.
However the potential issue I'm worrying about is the neck muscles, or specifically not coming out of the winter in a condition where 2 km of ~10% descent results in neck pain! (Lots of snow in the winter round here, so the roadbike doesn't get much action for 2-3 months.) Now making sure my bike actually fits me properly is one obvious suggestions and doing my winter turbo-training in the drops rather than on the hoods might be another, but are there any other suggestions?
[1] Not exactly doing cartwheels of joy over the concept of doing LEL on a upright, but lots (probably by the majority) of other people have managed it!
[2] Probably need a different upright too, but that's a work in progress.