this is a blog about riding bikes designed for human bodies. i'm a sparsely educated enthusiast and i don't claim to be expert in any of the things i'm spouting off about. here are my credentials:

biking: i've commuted by bike with varying degrees of commitment since high school. for the last several years i'm finally riding year-round. rain pants, you are my hero! i've never owned my own car and i've never once driven myself to work.

ergonomics/biomechanics: i studied alexander technique for about a year (many many years ago). i have also learned a lot about body mechanics through trainings at work. finally, i am an upright biped.



Monday, October 4, 2010

all i want for christmas is a rear bike rack...

you know what's absurd? messenger bags. so, you're already supporting your torso and absorbing shock with your shoulders. you know what would make that even harder on your body? slinging a heavy pack over just one shoulder. and to top it off, every half block or so, you have to take one hand off the handlebars to push it back up onto your back. now you're unstable and distracted! yay!

i'm not really in the position to mock though. i do distribute that weight evenly onto both shoulders with a little gadget i like to call a "back pack". but it's still unnecessary weight to carry on my shoulders and it throws off the balanced working of my spine. so i need to get a rack.

rans makes them to fit their unusual geometry. gotta get me one.

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