A painful return.

omri

So after a test run yesterday I went today for a little bit longer cycle from Dun Laoghaire past Dalkey onto the coastal road and up and pretty much grinded myself to a halt at the little castle live villa (might be the place where Enya lives but not sure). Not feeling too confident on the bike at the moment especially after reading all the bad comments about gatorskins - so cornering is rather sloppy. Got bad pain in my shoulders - id say handlebars are too narrow - but will have to manage till the bike fitting mid may. Oh yeah and my arse is bit sore - so convinced my wife to get me a new bibs - looking at team kit or rapha.

So its a very painful start after probably over 3yrs of laziness. At the moment cant see ROK happenning for me but after the fitting Im hoping to do 50km+ spins on a daily basis to build up something for the 170km. And since the pain in shoulders is considerable will just try to get past the point I stopped today.

Pinch Flat

Firstly fair play for getting back on the bike. It's gong to be tough until you get your body used to it. Don't force yourself if the current bike set up is hurting you - could lead to problems that take longer to sort them selves out. Do check bike fit though, assuming the frame is right size, correct saddle / handlebar height is important - you shouldn't get getting off a bike that sore. Weight distribution will also be helped by proper fitting - too much weight on the front is going to lead to sores arms, shoulders.

Bibs also a must for anything other than the shortest of cycles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrk4X9ACtw

omri

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Bibs also a must for anything other than the shortest of cycles.

Have these already - but it's still a shock coming from the cosy and comfortable car seat

quozl

Interestng Sheldon Brown article on saddles and sore arses - http://sheldonbrown.com/saddles.html

He suggests that the reason your arse is sore now isn't because of anything wrong with the saddle or lack of new bibs shorts (which I'd believe as it was a short spin you did) but rather because you've been off the bike for ages and your legs are too weak to hold your weight correctly off the saddle.

And that it'll fix itself over the new few weeks as your legs quickly strengthen up.

No harm in new Rapha bib shorts (fancy!) but the good news is that things will likely sort themselves anyway!

omri

In fairness my bibs are Id say 5yrs old if not more so padding feels less spongy than it used to.