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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: kudy on October 11, 2012, 08:39:59 PM
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I have been having wrist pains after cycling lately. After today's ride to work and back, my knee is killing me. I'm not that old or infirm, but I guess I must be doing something wrong? The bike is not too small, and I am careful about how I position my hands/wrists, yet I seem to be injuring myself when I ride.
Has/does anyone else have problems like this? Any secrets I should know?
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I've had both.
Pains went away after some mild adjustments to seat height, and a further month or so of cycling (and more walking).
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Back when I had first started riding to an old job, it was my elbows that hurt. I eventually figured out that I was just leaning my weight forward too much, resting all my weight on my arms. (12 speed bike with the curved handlebars, not a mountain bike.) But if I used my core muscles better then the pain in the elbows went away. Bonus: my core muscles got stronger.
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http://sheldonbrown.com/pain.html (http://sheldonbrown.com/pain.html)
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Have you had your bike professionally fit? A professional bike fitting will run you a couple hundred dollars, but the medical bills you'll rack up after hours on an improperly-fit bike will cost you much more.
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I agree that it sounds like the bike might be the wrong fit. I rode to school every day for 9 years, and the stupid handlebars of my high school bike were stupid and made stupid pain and stupid stupid stupid. (Can you tell how I feel about sore wrists? haha). I ended up just riding with no hands (smart, right?)