Neutral Position question

[Irulan]

I will remember this, and I don't want to go TOO far until I get to the clinic - I don't want to over-compensate and fall over When I finally managed to get the weight on my pedals and not my hands I did feel much more stable - even if it did seem to take more leg strength than I realized to do it. I was able to relax my upper body a tad.

I looked up "proprioception" that Becky mentioned and my trainer has me do those kind of exercises - if they are what I think they are. One good example I can think of are bicep curls on one leg, and there are other things he has me do. I would think my legs should be strong enough for at least short periods standing on the pedals - I can leg press 40 pounds more than I weigh, but of course that is something else. My body isn't moving at the time...

I will mention this to my trainer tomorrow, he is a quite avid mountain biker and am quite sure he will come up with new ways to torture me

For some reason I seem to have an easier time trying things going downhill I haven't yet learned how to pedal standing up though...

check out the photo that was just posted on MTBR for your benefit.

[Catrin]

check out the photo that was just posted on MTBR for your benefit.

Just checked it out, and that was helpful. I think I need to focus on practicing this enough so that it feels more natural to stand on even pedals by the Clinic, will try and get my butt further off the saddle. It DID feel better once I put more weight on my feet.

At least on my Gunnar I am clipped into my new Frogs so I don't worry about my feet sliding off the pedals. I don't see clipless pedals on my lovely mountain goat for some time to come.