Yesterday I did a couple of adjustments to the seat of my Red Roadie. First I moved the saddle back a little. Just a little. Less than an inch. Perhaps half an inch. I also raised the seat post by half an inch. Just a tad. Let me see if this improves my position and removes the finger issues on my next ride.
I raised the seat because last Sunday after my 90 km ride I realised I had a small pain on the right knee. It went away in a couple of hours. But it's a small pain nevertheless, that cannot be ignored.
I pushed the seat back a little because I notice that after cycling for a while I am often trying to slide back a little. Now that could well be because of the angle of the seat and it is tilted a little up. But I found that I like it when I slide back a little and the angle to the pedal is more comfortable for pushing.
Two days ago I had adjusted the angle of the left hand brake lever. It was too far moved inside and pushing the gear was becoming difficult, what with my zero strength thumb and index finger. I have a feeling it happened after my small fall a couple of weeks ago. I pulled it more to the left to make it parallel to the dropped end of the handlebar.
My next target is to reduce the reach of the brake levers. But I cannot locate the correct bolt for doing the job. The youtube videos are failing me. I have a feeling it is a bolt on the rider/palm side of the handle. But rolling back the rubber hood is really really hard and it is quite difficult to reach that particular bolt. I will give it a good try tonight.
I raised the seat because last Sunday after my 90 km ride I realised I had a small pain on the right knee. It went away in a couple of hours. But it's a small pain nevertheless, that cannot be ignored.
I pushed the seat back a little because I notice that after cycling for a while I am often trying to slide back a little. Now that could well be because of the angle of the seat and it is tilted a little up. But I found that I like it when I slide back a little and the angle to the pedal is more comfortable for pushing.
Two days ago I had adjusted the angle of the left hand brake lever. It was too far moved inside and pushing the gear was becoming difficult, what with my zero strength thumb and index finger. I have a feeling it happened after my small fall a couple of weeks ago. I pulled it more to the left to make it parallel to the dropped end of the handlebar.
My next target is to reduce the reach of the brake levers. But I cannot locate the correct bolt for doing the job. The youtube videos are failing me. I have a feeling it is a bolt on the rider/palm side of the handle. But rolling back the rubber hood is really really hard and it is quite difficult to reach that particular bolt. I will give it a good try tonight.
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