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from LizR contains these words:

LOL!

I do tend to ride a large gear but thats my preference. I still dont
match the crumblys tho.

I have a real dog of a cheapo mountain bike, theresult of which is I
just don't ride.
I'd love to ride the kid's bike (with suspension at the back) but,
though it looks
big enough, when I get on I've got my knees round my ears.

Liz

So many poorly set up bikes. You see kids having their knees hit their
chests and barely getting any extension to the knees when pedaling.
SWMBO`s bike was really badly set up in that manner and see was
complaining about it hurting her knees. However, when you looked at her
riding position she was getting nowhere near a straight leg at the
bottom of the leg extension. So up the saddle went (you`d be surprised
how little you need to do this) and bingo, happy to go riding on it
again.

If you feel "cramped" on a bike then up the saddle a little.

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