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[Kelp]

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[ColinJ]

I think you would do better just going for a short walk first!

 

[Welsh wheels]

I live at the bottom of a hill and each ride starts with a bit of a climb. I don't have a turbo trainer or rollers to gently warm up with, but was wondering if leaning against a wall and pedalling backwards for a while before a ride would work as a warm-up?

Not a great idea. Probably not particularly healthy for the bike amongst other things. Just take the climbs slower.

 

[alicat]

Yes, just take the climb more slowly or ride around at the bottom for a while if it bothers you.

 

[si_c]

I never "warm up", straight out the door and right into it. Just don't hammer along at 100% for the first ten minutes or so.

 

[vickster]

Just walk the bike up the hill as the warm up, ride up it when you get home to make up for it

Or jog on the spot or up and down the stairs for 10 minutes before leaving home

Are you unable to get straight up the hill?

 

[smutchin]

Probably not particularly healthy for the bike

Why?

 

[raleighnut]

Lowest gear and 'twiddle' up the hill.

 

[vickster]

Thanks for the replies. I can get up the hill but would prefer if I could ease into the ride. Will try doing some laps round the coffee table. Jogging that is, not on the bike.

How far is your ride? The first 5 minutes of my 20 min commute is up (a not v steep hill)

 

[Welsh wheels]

Why?

I dunno, I just suspect so because bikes are not designed to be pedalled backwards a lot.

 

[Globalti]

Has Accy re-joined the forum under a new name?

 

[smutchin]

I dunno, I just suspect so because bikes are not designed to be pedalled backwards a lot.

In theory, it could lead to the pedals unscrewing themselves, but that's extremely unlikely in the real world. I can't think of any other potential mechanical problems, even hypothetical ones, unless you're riding fixed gear, which the OP presumably isn't.

 

[ianrauk]

Nah - it interferes with the proper rotation of the earth, innit...

WHAT!!!
The earth is flat, surely!

 

[Smokin Joe]

Ah - but it still rotates, as any fule noes - that's how we get wind!

I thought that was baked beans?

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Funnily enough, the coaching notes on TrainerRoad recommend pedalling backwards if you blow up. I guess any movement is better than none, and why this wouldn’t work for warming up I can’t see a problem.