Originally Posted by
Lisa S.H.
I believe strongly that our bodies and muscles adapt over time to a wide range of positions.
My Rivendell fits me pretty well, but like many women I experience some difficulties due to the proportions of having a bike tall enough for my legs but consequently a bit too long in the top tube, causing reach and weight balance issues for me. I have ridden this bike for a year and a half and over 5,000 miles now. Over this time, it has amazed me how my body has attempted to change and compensate for the various tweaks I have done to the bike in the pursuit of better fit. Things that made me sore at first didn't bother me at all several months later. Other things that didn't bother me months ago bother me now. The body is not static, and it is constantly trying to accommodate to perform what we ask it to do.