What happens when we cycle with low temperatures? https://cyclinguphill.com/cycling-cold/
Decrease the risk of injury with eccentric muscle work for your quadriceps.
Low back pain often is triggered by muscle fatigue therefore an exercise routine is a good preventive action together with checking your sitting position at work, your bike frame dimension and attend a full bike fit session with physical assessment.
https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/bike-fit/lower-back-pain-dont-blame-the-bike-32094 Sometimes cycling is considered a painful sport but it is possible to understand the origin of pain and massively improving the quality of our ride.
Low back, buttock, neck, knees, feet, hips, wrists: All these part of body can suffer from pain, discomfort, pins and needles while we pedal. There is always an answer to these pains and possible action to take to resolve the problem, from improving our flexibility with exercises to change the stem. https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1289/how-to-pedal-without-pain Shorter cranks are very beneficial to avoid an extreme hip flexion when pedal at the top position. Also, the short length is helping an aerodynamic position.
www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/360/bike-fit-variables-no-2-crank-length
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