Timeline for Repetitive strain injury risk, seated vs standing on pedals
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| Oct 2, 2019 at 19:18 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | Thanks for clarifying! I have not a clue how to answer the question, but hopefuly this aids someone who does! | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 19:53 | history | edited | NotRelevant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
made clear I'm interested in repetitive strain injuries specifically, rather than injury in general
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| Sep 30, 2019 at 18:41 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | Can you clarify if you are talking about repetitive strain injuries? The answers appear to address acute injuries caused by collisions or loss of balance. I have a feeling that you're asking about repetitive strain injuries, but the wording isn't clear. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | Also, an older person when hitting the hip seated is more likely to have a proximal femur fracture than a young person. That can be very bad. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 14:30 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 30, 2019 at 14:29 | answer | added | Deleted User | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 14:17 | comment | added | Deleted User | This is too broad to be properly answered. The cyclist's skill level, protection gear available, type of crash and conditions all matter. You could crash while standing, clear the bike and roll into soft dirt and be fine. The same crash into a wall may be catastrophic. Similarly on ice, a seated crash may be a simple 3 foot drop onto a hip, followed by a slide. The same crash standing may introduce height and damage for the fall onto ice. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 11:50 | comment | added | Dan K | Downshifting and increasing cadence will benefit your cardiovascular system, standing and pushing through will tax your leg muscles more. For me it depends on the incline and has no relevance on safety, if your balance is not that great you can just as easily fall off sitting down as standing. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 8:24 | comment | added | NotRelevant | OK, yes. I'll think and reformulate. | |
| Sep 29, 2019 at 21:42 | comment | added | gschenk | With the present boundary conditions the question is not likely to receive a useful answer: Wouldn't one pedal at a different, lower cadence, out of the saddle when power is constant? For instance, I shift up when I go out of the saddle at constant incline. Otherwise I should have not enough resistance for stability and would spin too fast. In your third paragraph you stipulate the same when mentioning down shift. | |
| Sep 29, 2019 at 18:56 | history | asked | NotRelevant | CC BY-SA 4.0 |