Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was
aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long
ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting
foot of choice. Is this common amongst us? I have eliminated some of the stress
by mounting and riding “flat foot” not putting as much weight on the ball of my
feet thus easing the tension on the tendon.
Are there any other aches and general nuisances due to riding or riding style.
Of course we can eliminate the road rash, broken bones and other personal
mischief’s caused by sudden stops
when we rode on Unicycle Across Minnesota lots of people suffered both aching
Achilles and sore knees. A genrel rule of thumb was that if it was your Achilles
hurting you should lower your seat a little bit and if it was your knees hurting
you should raise your seat a little bit (we never figgured out what do do if
both hurt) one thing that helped whith my sore Achilles was that I switched from
a stiff soled pair of cross training shoes to a high-topped pair of Converse
All-Stars that I was able to lace all the way up to the top and support it
better. hope that that helps. hurting Achilles suck and I hope sarah’s feeling
in riding shape soon
Peter
> Greetings all > > Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was > aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long > ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting > foot of choice. Is this common amongst us? I have eliminated some of the > stress by mounting and riding “flat foot” not putting as much weight on the > ball of my feet thus easing the tension on the tendon. > > Are there any other aches and general nuisances due to riding or riding style. > Of course we can eliminate the road rash, broken bones and other personal > mischief’s caused by sudden stops > > Joe > >
Joe West wrote: > Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was > aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long > ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting > foot of choice. Is this common amongst us?
I often found this before I got my Muni, when at conventions and Muni weekends I
was riding my 20" and trying to keep up with everyone else on their 26" wheels
(it wasn’t a problem when Duncan first started spreading the Muni gospel, and we
all did it on 20" wheels). It tended to be my right Achilles tendon that ached,
though, and I mount left footed too.
I’ve had far fewer aches and pains since getting a 26" myself. I’ll go along
with what Mark says, though, and say that MTB shoes would probably improve
things still further. But my MTB shoes are fitted with SPD cleats - they
wouldn’t be comfortable on platform pedals and I ain’t doing Muni with SPDs.
Stiff soled (MTB)shoes have solved most of my foot and ankle problems related to
long rides. The only trade offs are:
uncomfortable to walk in.
difficult & painful to “run out” a high speed dismount. -Mark
— “Joe West” <west.12@osu.edu> > wrote: Greetings all > >Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was >aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long >ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting >foot of choice. Is this common amongst us? I have eliminated some of the stress >by mounting and riding “flat foot” not putting as much weight on the ball of my >feet thus easing the tension on the tendon. > >Are there any other aches and general nuisances due to riding or riding style. >Of course we can eliminate the road rash, broken bones and other personal >mischief’s caused by sudden stops > >Joe
What are MTB shoes? I agree, thick soled shoes can help a lot to take the stress
off your feet. Another trade off though, is that you can’t feel the pedals as
well. (I often look down to make sure that my feet are on in the right place on
the pedals) I just got a pair of Salomon (ski equipment manufacturer) low
sneakers with a super rugged sole and treads that grab the pedals well. I found
them in a skate/snowboard shop. My feet feel much less abused now.
Joe
In a message dated Thu, 22 Mar 2001 12:34:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, Mark
Stephens <Cokerhead@unicyclist.com> writes:
<< Stiff soled (MTB)shoes have solved most of my foot and ankle problems related
to long rides. The only trade offs are:
uncomfortable to walk in.
difficult & painful to “run out” a high speed dismount. -Mark
— “Joe West” <west.12@osu.edu> > wrote: Greetings all > >Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was >aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long >ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting >foot of choice. Is this common amongst us? I have eliminated some of the stress >by mounting and riding “flat foot” not putting as much weight on the ball of my >feet thus easing the tension on the tendon. > >Are there any other aches and general nuisances due to riding or riding style. >Of course we can eliminate the road rash, broken bones and other personal >mischief’s caused by sudden stops > >Joe
Proper stretching will help prevent or minimize many of those aches, pains and
injuries. Regular stretching is very important for anyone doing a lot of riding.
And proper stretching means more than just doing some toe touches. You need to
do a whole suite of stretches.
I had a brief bout with iliotibial band syndrome (a.k.a. runner’s knee,
a.k.a. cyclist’s knee) a couple years ago. Getting in to a proper stretching
routine that included stretching the iliotibial band made it better and
I’ve had no problems with it since. Trust me, you don’t want IT band
syndrome so do the proper stretches to avoid getting it.
There are other (and probably better) sites out there too. A good book on
exercising should also have info on good stretches.
john_childs
>From: “Joe West” <west.12@osu.edu> > >Greetings all > >Yesterday Sarah said that after a rather long ride her Achilles tendon was >aching. This led me to thinking of my own little aches and pains after a long >ride. One being the tendon also. It is my left foot, which is my freemounting >foot of choice. Is this common amongst us? I have eliminated some of the stress >by mounting and riding “flat foot” not putting as much weight on the ball of my >feet thus easing the tension on the tendon. > >Are there any other aches and general nuisances due to riding or riding style. >Of course we can eliminate the road rash, broken bones and other personal >mischief’s caused by sudden stops > >Joe
I recently saw a bunch of people playing hacky sack on my campus, and it
reminded me that I used to play. I dug out an old footbag, and have been working
out with it the last few days. It made me wonder if there was a contingent of
footbaggers who also unicycle–both are, I think, categorized as rather odd
sports. Any other footbaggers out there?
as rather odd sports. Any other footbaggers out there?
I still kick a foot bag around every week or two. It gets a lot harder if you
try to do it the same time as riding a unicycle. Anyone had success with this?
o o Peter Bier o O o Juggler, unicyclist and mathematician.
o/|\o peter_bier@usa.net
I have a friend who used to play hack on stilts, with some success. I think
there’s even a picture of her at www.student.uwa.edu.au/~foxy I’ve tried to play
on a giraffe unicycle, but it generally involves falling on the other players.
nic
On 25 Mar 2001, Peter Bier wrote:
> as rather odd sports. Any other footbaggers out there? > > * I still kick a foot bag around every week or two. It gets a lot harder if > you try to do it the same time as riding a unicycle. Anyone had success > with this? > > > > o o Peter Bier o O o Juggler, unicyclist and mathematician. > o/|\o peter_bier@usa.net > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
