You are reading a single comment by @dancing james and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@dancing james
a lot of sports people develop bad habits and succeed with them
trying to retrain or learn a physical action takes many many hours of repetition to change muscle memory etc. there are many accounts of sports people trying to change or adapt part of their technique for whom their results drop off, but after persevering they make significant improvements
muscle and synaptic memory is hard to retrain, and in moments of stress (eg competition) it is easy to revert to early established behaviours. so often changes in riding position should be gradually brought in, and time given for the adaptation to occur
but of course, if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. so have a fit done if there are problems (pain, discomfort, lack of power etc)