Bad back

[LittleSister]

Little Sister, am I wrong?
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You make a very persuasive case!

 

[Laser310]

Is back trouble commonly associated with the road-riding position?

I think it's pretty common among people who ride a lot; not universal, but common enough that cyclists talk about it as being something that happens.

For many cyclists, that's all they do...

I think that even if one doesn't end up with some sort of an ache.., doing only one activity - especially one that has such a constrained position, uses only certain muscles.., and uses them in a very constrained way.., is probably not a great way to get fit.

mixing in the hiking has made a huge difference: not only do i no longer have lower back pain, but i am much fitter.

 

[Wansworth]

You make a very persuasive case!

Yes if I had a nice Inchcape 54 with diesel heater

 

[Stemar]

back to when they thought a Westerly Cirrus or Centaur the ultimate family cruiser?

Along with the various other bits of paperwork I got with the Snapdragon 24 I bought 20 years ago was a review that described her as "a capable family cruiser"

In fact, while it may be amusing when compared with current views, it isn't wrong. She served us well for 18 years, keeping us through 33knots off St Albans Head, across the channel and too many evenings to count at anchor watching the sun set with a glass of wine.

 

[Daydream believer]

Yes if I had a nice Inchcape 54 with diesel heater

But you would never sail it as you would not have any crew. that is the trouble with such big yachts. OK for blue water, but hassle getting in and out of tight marinas with a wife who probably would not fit in the berth herself. Let alone the boat.

 

[LittleSister]

Yes if I had a nice Inchcape 54 with diesel heater

Even if someone gave you one, keeping all the elaborate systems on a boat like that going would keep you (and your bank manager!) so busy you would hardly have time to sail it.

Every boat is a compromise (in fact a whole pile of compromises). Ideally, I increasingly think, one needs something that is just sufficiently large and equipped to be tolerated, but only just!

 

[Poignard]

Anyone here tried a Thermacare self-heating belt for their back pain?

Someone has just recommended these to me.

 

[jamie N]

Might this help?

 

[capnsensible]

Sailing, I reckon, is mostly sitting or laying down. As a sailor with a slowwly deteriorating lower spine that has put a bookmark on my Pro career, I can say with some experience, get crew to do saily stuff whilst you 'advise'.

It's the walking ashore afterwards that's the hurty bit.