I gotta bike!

Submitted by Christine on June 1, 2009 - 6:23pm
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Finally...I’ve wanted one for years and finally convinced myself I’ve worked hard enough to buy one.

The bike is made for right-angle seated posture and I sit pulled up in WW posture except when pedaling uphill. Then I’m bent over in an acute angle.

It’s been great for my prolapse and I hope to encourage others to bike as well.

I bought a child-trailer for it so dgd and I can bike down to the river and around the neighborhood. She loves it!

On the weekend we’ll take video of me riding and put it up on YouTube for you to see.

My greatest reservation was riding in traffic. Albuquerque has put a few bike lanes in and I do ride on some of the wider sidewalks. But ya just have to be very careful and have faith in others on the road. Life’s too short not to take a little risk.

:-D Christine

louiseds

June 2, 2009 - 1:29am

Hi Christine

Well, I am looking forward to the video. I sat on DD's exercise bike last weekend and did equivalent of 5km. Not hard while watching telly with the wind raging outside. It was pretty ordinary with my hands on the handlebars. No doubt I could do some radical adjustment but it is just as easy to sit up in WW posture, no hands. No need to steer or balance, so what's the point of holding on to something? I could almost imagine knitting while I ride!.

I wonder if you can get a bike seat with a moving ball and socket attachment, so your butt could move freely wherever it wanted to while riding? Kind of like having a swiss ball to sit on.

Good luck.

Louise

clavicula

June 2, 2009 - 2:33am

Yay, Christine!
Post the video, we wanna see! :)
Liv

Mozart

June 2, 2009 - 8:19pm

I'm glad and encouraged that bike riding will be good for my prolapse.
My stationery bike broke some years ago, and I'm going to get a new one.
Plus, I'll ride the stationery bike more at the gym.

Mozart :-)

Judith

June 4, 2009 - 1:25pm

Thanks for that information Christine, it's great to know, I'll get our rusty old exercise bike out of the shed (safer for vulnerable spines than the real thing). Any tips on how to avoid saddle-soreness (seriously, even 20 mins on the bike used to have me walking like John Wayne). Glad that you're enjoying it so much, sounds lovely. cheers, Judith

rural_juror

June 4, 2009 - 4:00pm

Did you get a helmet? We NEED your good brain!!!!!
As I tell my kids, "put on your brain-cage and be safe".

louiseds

June 4, 2009 - 8:50pm

Just keep on riding! The muscles that are getting sore will sooner or later get used to it.

Louise

Christine

June 4, 2009 - 11:28pm

I haven't been too bothered by saddle soreness and even surprised at how my thighs have held up. My arms, however, are another story - yikes!!! The muscle soreness kept me awake one night last week. You'll crack up when you see my bike seat in the video - it has a hole in the middle of it! ;)

We all always wear helmets, RJ - although trying to get dgd talked back into hers after a stop at the park is a bit of a thrash. She just loves to argue with her grandma. In fact, in the bike store we got into an argument over how old she is. Someone asked her age and I responded that she is 2. She looked at me with furrowed brow and said "I fee". You're 2, darling. "No, I fee!" No, I replied, you're 2 years old. "I FEE years old, Gamma!" Tears were starting to well up - hers from frustration and mine from hilarity - so I said "oookay" and left it at that. :)

Judith

June 5, 2009 - 2:09am

Thanks, I'll report back!

Christine

June 16, 2009 - 2:44pm

Well it took us awhile, but if you wish to see it click here

:)

granolamom

June 16, 2009 - 4:08pm

loved it christine!
your dgd is too precious!

louiseds

June 16, 2009 - 8:49pm

Hey Christine, that's great. A picture tells a thousand words. I like the seat. Could you find out from the bike shop what it is called? I also like the long neck on the handlebars. My handlebars are too low and too far forward. I am sure that with a longer neck, less-male seat and new handlebars I could make mine work much more comfortably.

Cheers

Louise

Crystalbalou

June 21, 2009 - 1:03am

What is the theary behind the bike seat? Wouldn't it make your rectocele or prolapse worse? ...Seeing there is a hole in the seat. Can you please explain how that would help. I love riding my bike but I have stoped. I have a 12 speed bike. I also love golf but I find it hard just to walk in the mall to do some shopping. I get a very heavy feeling in the stomach. I just started with the fire breathing and the exercise. Hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to do all these wonderful things I use to enjoy. I am getting an ultra sound done on July 3rd. To find out the extent of my problem I have been told I have a retocele. I have been working on my posture and doing gardening for now to enjoy my summer this far. I really miss the more active things I use to do.
Thanks for any info...
Crystalbalou

Christine

June 24, 2009 - 5:28pm

Hi Crystalbalou,

Sorry your post got misplaced for a few days. I don’t think the hole in the seat acts like sitting on a donut, since it’s relatively small in comparison to the saddle around it. We do have a slightly protruding vulva so the hole just kind of makes room for that, although it isn’t so big as to cause downward pressure on the organs. It really is very comfortable and I’m already up to ten mile rides.

Hope this answered your question.

:) Christine

Devastated

June 30, 2009 - 2:27pm

Christine...loved the video! I have a 12 speed also and spent so much money on it...can't get a new one...anyone ride a 12 speed??

researchingmode

September 19, 2012 - 3:09pm

Thanks for the visual aid for a visual learner. I tried riding in posture last night with my bike, but it was pretty challenging. Maybe time for a new bike. Do you have recommendations on a brand or where to shop for bikes that best support the posture?