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Q. I just got a new bike and im super excited! I rode it all over the neighborhood. When I got back my inner thighs hurt from where the seat was and my legs felt stiff. Am I riding wrong?
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Several problems & possible answers. Get ready for a lengthy answer...
First, you haven't ridden a bicycle in a while. You're leg & butt muscles are not used to it or trained for it. Would be like asking me to walk into a gym & dead-lift 400 lbs. without training. Can't be done. Saddles (seats) being too wide will rub or chafe the inner thighs. Most "newbies" think a wide saddle is the answer. It's not! A saddle should support your 'sit bones' only. Anything more than that is a waste. Also...what type or style of bike is it? Road bikes are designed for the rider to cover a distance comfortably. Comfort, hybrid & cruiser bikes are designed to cover short distances only. How far did you ride?
Back to the proper saddle... Is it a women's specific saddle? Or is it a generic saddle on a discount store bicycle? I would HIGHLY suggest the saddle on 1st link below for any hybrid, comfort or mountain bike.
Legs hurting? Was the saddle at the proper height? 2nd link. A saddle that is too low will cramp up leg muscles. Here's another key word to remember..."cadence". That's the rpm at which you pedal using only moderate pedal pressure. Learn how & when to shift gears to reach & maintain a cadence of at least 70-90 rpm in gears that are easy to "spin" vs. "push" or mashing down on the pedals. Links 3 & 4. Pros often hit 100-125 rpm when accelerating or climbing a hill.
In short...ride more often but go for shorter rides to start. Then build your way up to longer rides. You're using muscles & parts of your body that may not have been used in years. Last thought...read the on-line pamphlet Bicycling Street Smarts from cover to cover. Last link below.
Several problems & possible answers. Get ready for a lengthy answer...
First, you haven't ridden a bicycle in a while. You're leg & butt muscles are not used to it or trained for it. Would be like asking me to walk into a gym & dead-lift 400 lbs. without training. Can't be done. Saddles (seats) being too wide will rub or chafe the inner thighs. Most "newbies" think a wide saddle is the answer. It's not! A saddle should support your 'sit bones' only. Anything more than that is a waste. Also...what type or style of bike is it? Road bikes are designed for the rider to cover a distance comfortably. Comfort, hybrid & cruiser bikes are designed to cover short distances only. How far did you ride?
Back to the proper saddle... Is it a women's specific saddle? Or is it a generic saddle on a discount store bicycle? I would HIGHLY suggest the saddle on 1st link below for any hybrid, comfort or mountain bike.
Legs hurting? Was the saddle at the proper height? 2nd link. A saddle that is too low will cramp up leg muscles. Here's another key word to remember..."cadence". That's the rpm at which you pedal using only moderate pedal pressure. Learn how & when to shift gears to reach & maintain a cadence of at least 70-90 rpm in gears that are easy to "spin" vs. "push" or mashing down on the pedals. Links 3 & 4. Pros often hit 100-125 rpm when accelerating or climbing a hill.
In short...ride more often but go for shorter rides to start. Then build your way up to longer rides. You're using muscles & parts of your body that may not have been used in years. Last thought...read the on-line pamphlet Bicycling Street Smarts from cover to cover. Last link below.
Name something embarrassing that has happened to you?
Q. I know people ask this all the time but there's always different people answering and you get to read some pretty crazy stories! It doesn't have to be the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you if you don't want to say or you've already answered it before, but just tell something embarrassing that has happened to you. Anything at all, but the more embarrassing the better! Everybody has a lame tripped and fell in public story, but I want to hear something more interesting and original than that.
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I was in math class (I think it was) in high school. I let out a large sneeze and banged my head on the desk in the process. Quite a few people saw and laughed, the teacher however was trying best to resist from laughing. I even had a red mark on my forehead.
Another time (also in high school) I reading about socrates but every line with socrates I pronounced it "so-crates" like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, even when I was corrected it still came out "so-crates".
I'm a young guy again... my dad has bought me a shiny new bike so I can get from and to work easily. "Hey, why don't you take it for a quick spin?" "Yeah sure..." So I get on the bike and ride decently fast around the parking lot to test the speed and control. I see not to far from me that a car is pulling out so I applied the back wheel brake. Wham! In an instant I'm lying on my back on the concrete and the bike is 10 feet from me. How did I get from point a to point b? I got to a point when I felt was an appropriate distance from a car and applied what I thought was the back wheel brake but unfortunately was the front wheel brake, I find myself flying off my seat and hurled onto the concrete all due to the rapid halt. Let me just add that this center with the bike shop is also a pretty popular place.
Young guy again... I'm out drinking with a few of my friends and we decide to to go check out this party. When we get there everything that is coming out of my mouth is either incoherent or not worded not the way I intended. So I'm in there having a good time and I start talking to this girl. "Hows you doin'", "I'm doing pretty good, you?", "Fanplastic"...(Can't remember the entirety of the conversation but leads up to her talking about how she looks or something)... (Here I come in when she say's she is ugly, it processes in my mind for a second, "tell the pretty lady she is pretty).. "Na! You're not pretty, your're ugly" "WHAT!" "I have to go feed my pigeon bird (there was a crazy looking bird at the party I was trying to feed earlier) I got to go!"
I don't know what else I can add, quite possibly a billion funny and sometimes embarrassing situations I've been in but don't remember.
Hold on, these I just remembered later today:
Once in the mall I waved to a cardboard cut out of a person thinking it was someone who knew me waving. Behind my reasoning: I'm extremely near sighted and well known.
I stopped into a chocolate store one time and spotted chocolate that looked like it was for sampling. I had a few but then a lady at the register said "Excuse me sir! those are not for sampling!" I freaked out, mumbled, and ran.
Once when I was getting high in the woods with some friends, a pal of mine on his way. It was decided that we make a gravity bong and I should get some water. So as I was making my way out of the woods on a path to get water for a gravity bong, I saw a silhouette of a dude running full pace towards me. It had to be an angry neighbor-guy-cop so I jumped out of the way and into some bushes. My bud (the silhouette I assumed was an angry neighbor) gracefully skipped over my feet, says back to me "hey dude I got some water", I remain on the ground still all freaked out and covered in dirt and stems, and my other pals are laughing.
I was in math class (I think it was) in high school. I let out a large sneeze and banged my head on the desk in the process. Quite a few people saw and laughed, the teacher however was trying best to resist from laughing. I even had a red mark on my forehead.
Another time (also in high school) I reading about socrates but every line with socrates I pronounced it "so-crates" like in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, even when I was corrected it still came out "so-crates".
I'm a young guy again... my dad has bought me a shiny new bike so I can get from and to work easily. "Hey, why don't you take it for a quick spin?" "Yeah sure..." So I get on the bike and ride decently fast around the parking lot to test the speed and control. I see not to far from me that a car is pulling out so I applied the back wheel brake. Wham! In an instant I'm lying on my back on the concrete and the bike is 10 feet from me. How did I get from point a to point b? I got to a point when I felt was an appropriate distance from a car and applied what I thought was the back wheel brake but unfortunately was the front wheel brake, I find myself flying off my seat and hurled onto the concrete all due to the rapid halt. Let me just add that this center with the bike shop is also a pretty popular place.
Young guy again... I'm out drinking with a few of my friends and we decide to to go check out this party. When we get there everything that is coming out of my mouth is either incoherent or not worded not the way I intended. So I'm in there having a good time and I start talking to this girl. "Hows you doin'", "I'm doing pretty good, you?", "Fanplastic"...(Can't remember the entirety of the conversation but leads up to her talking about how she looks or something)... (Here I come in when she say's she is ugly, it processes in my mind for a second, "tell the pretty lady she is pretty).. "Na! You're not pretty, your're ugly" "WHAT!" "I have to go feed my pigeon bird (there was a crazy looking bird at the party I was trying to feed earlier) I got to go!"
I don't know what else I can add, quite possibly a billion funny and sometimes embarrassing situations I've been in but don't remember.
Hold on, these I just remembered later today:
Once in the mall I waved to a cardboard cut out of a person thinking it was someone who knew me waving. Behind my reasoning: I'm extremely near sighted and well known.
I stopped into a chocolate store one time and spotted chocolate that looked like it was for sampling. I had a few but then a lady at the register said "Excuse me sir! those are not for sampling!" I freaked out, mumbled, and ran.
Once when I was getting high in the woods with some friends, a pal of mine on his way. It was decided that we make a gravity bong and I should get some water. So as I was making my way out of the woods on a path to get water for a gravity bong, I saw a silhouette of a dude running full pace towards me. It had to be an angry neighbor-guy-cop so I jumped out of the way and into some bushes. My bud (the silhouette I assumed was an angry neighbor) gracefully skipped over my feet, says back to me "hey dude I got some water", I remain on the ground still all freaked out and covered in dirt and stems, and my other pals are laughing.
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