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11-09-20 09:47 AM - Post#904393
My quads were pretty developed back when I use to ride a single speed mountain bike up hills. Geoffrey is right that you have to watch the knee shear, however that seemed less of an issue when you stood up on the pedals as opposed to staying seated. This type of riding would be more akin to a slow grind.
John Mc
Standing up you gain fore and aft mobility of the hips, the upper attachment of the load, so you can shift without even thinking about it to less shearing force to knees and more direct drive vertical drive to the pedals
Is the shearing force on the knees from slow rpm peddling at high resistance any different from the shearing force on the knees from heavy squats, lunges, leg presses,etc.?--Thanks.
I think so, yes. Squats etc you will shift your weight automatically to as advantageous a position as possible by moving torso forward and backward over feet. Sitting (not standing) on a bike, both torso and feet are locked in position and part of the cycle tends to put your knees into a shear force position in relation to the weight. As Armand mentioned, standing on the peddles alleviates this.
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