lacticturkey wrote:
Ive never heard this justification to buy a tt bike, pretty creative 😉
What is your hip flexor issue exactly? Are you sure its tightness and not seat height (hamstring) or sacroiliac joint related?
Road biking hip extension angle is less than standing, so if you can stand hip extension isnt a limiter
Tt position opens your hip up even less so would be a work around not cure
If its muscle tightness have you considered iliopsoas musclew stretches? Yoga cobra style and lunge style stretches? Physiotherapy pnf quadricep stretches?
Yes to doing exercises. There's quite a bit of good advice on ST and some of it's working. Stretching everyday and doing some PT on days when I swim/lift. The exercises do help. Even resting lol
What seems to trigger me over the years are hills/intensity while on the bike.
So if I'm already riding a road bike to open up the hips, I'm wondering if the geometry of a tri bike with road handle bars would open those hips up even more? I'm trying to conceptualize it as rotating the body forward which might also make me more aero even in an upright position.
Thank you for your ideas.
Indoor Triathlete - I thought I was right, until I realized I was wrong.