Wear appropriate shoes
Wearing soft-soled shoes that are not specifically designed for cycling over time can lead to discomfort in your arches and pain in the soles of your feet. Choosing specialized shoes can usually solve the numbness and tingling in the feet caused by shoes that are too narrow.
- Check if the seat is adjusted too far forward
The adjustment of the front and back of the seat determines the Angle at which the knees bend. Experts point out that a seat that is moved too forward can affect the Angle of the pelvis, exerting pressure on the lower back and causing discomfort in the waist and buttocks.
- Check if the seat is adjusted too far backward
When this situation occurs, your legs will need to stretch out more to step on the pedals, just like when the seat is adjusted too high, the following dangers will arise: strain of the posterior leg tendon group, inflammation of the Achilles tendon and lower back pain.
- Make sure the handle is not set too high
Fitness experts warn those who are accustomed to setting the handlebars too high that if the handlebars are too high, it will affect your riding skills and exercise results. Because if the handlebar is too high, it will indirectly cause your body to be overly straight. And if your body is too straight, you will need more force to step down, and thus cannot achieve a perfect stepping cycle.
In this way, not only will your exercise posture not look good, but also your downward stepping force will be consumed by the incorrect body posture, thereby reducing the exercise effect.
- Make sure the handle is not set too low
Experts point out that if the handle is placed too low, most of the force will be exerted on the hands, arms and shoulders. This can cause a tingling and numbness in the hands, accelerate the deterioration of carpal joint syndrome symptoms, and may also lead to shoulder pain.
If you are a beginner, or have problems with your neck and back, and your trunk muscles are not strong enough and have poor flexibility, an appropriate grip height becomes particularly important.
