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Cycling long distances every day can really hurt your neck &
shoulders.
As you hunch over, your neck has to support your head as it's
cantilevered. Turning your head in this position further
tweaks your neck & trapezius.
So, the idea is simple: Support your head some other way:
1)
A headband that fits under your helmet.
2) A strap connecting the headband to your tail.
How to connect it to your tail though?
A) Discreet:
Put the strap under your shirt, & hook it into your belt loop.
(Suspender style).
B) Dragon:
Put it over your shirt, with attached spikes for, well, because,
OK?
Or, just connect the strap to your bike, so nobody steals your
bike.</s>
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I would think that either you should use a Dutch style utility bike and sit upright, or, if you must use a racing bike, then do what the pros do and look at your front wheel. |
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I like 21's attempt to solve the problem too. They are
both worthy additions, I think. |
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Why not attach the helmet (which can be redesigned to
better support the head) via short tethers to a rigid-ish
frame worn on the shoulders, like a HANS device combined
with one of those posture correction harnesses. |
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Why this idea has nothing whatsoever to do with geriatric mastadons on wheels, which makes this annotation completely irrelephant. |
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I've cycled very long distances and merely learned to relax my shoulders on climbs and vice versa. Almost got a bone for using a trumpline... |
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Recumbent bicycles mostly avoid this problem. Though some of the most laid back models need a headrest, to solved the opposite problem. |
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I have always intened to have sex on a bicycle, but it now occurs to me that a recumbent with tinted windows is the fucking and pumping solution. |
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