Psamathe
Über Member
Not disagreeing with any of the suggestions but, when you stop pedalling it isn't only the drivetrain that stops movements/forces. You are no longer moving your legs, no longer applying forces to pedals, no longer exerting differing forces to saddle, etc.
And there are the unappreciated body movements. After a lot of years/miles on my upright 2-wheel DF I added recumbent tadpole to my repertoire and when I first started on the tadpole recumbent I found my upper body was moving sideways a bit each pedal stroke (left then right, then left ...). Wondered about boom length but that had been set by the specialist retailer when I collected the bike. Spoke to the UK manufacturer who said they recently has a well known olympic cyclist visit them and he had a ride on one of their bents and apparently he was thrashing left and right very badly when pedalling. Over the miles that movement has disappeared as my body has got used to the different position. Apparently on upright DFs we move out bodies around far more than we realise and this will be putting all sorts of twists loads on different bits of the bike structure.
And there are the unappreciated body movements. After a lot of years/miles on my upright 2-wheel DF I added recumbent tadpole to my repertoire and when I first started on the tadpole recumbent I found my upper body was moving sideways a bit each pedal stroke (left then right, then left ...). Wondered about boom length but that had been set by the specialist retailer when I collected the bike. Spoke to the UK manufacturer who said they recently has a well known olympic cyclist visit them and he had a ride on one of their bents and apparently he was thrashing left and right very badly when pedalling. Over the miles that movement has disappeared as my body has got used to the different position. Apparently on upright DFs we move out bodies around far more than we realise and this will be putting all sorts of twists loads on different bits of the bike structure.
