Wayne wrote; (SNIP) -: > > >When you run, you use a different technique if you are a sprinter or a >marathon runner--or somewhere in the middle. > >When you race road bikes or mountain bikes, or tour on either, you use a >different technique. > >In both cases the appropriate technology is important (spikes make piss >poor road shoes). > >Which paddle is appropriate technology? Which stroke style is the right >one for me piddling around the marsh? I dunno. I don't care. Neither does >the "average three rides a week, 60 miles tops" cyclist, or "fitness" >runner. Comfort, both psychological and physical, is the main concern. We >want the exercise, but we want to use something we are comfortable using. I failed to make myself clear. I was referring to the physics of the blade in the water not the biomechanics of the paddler. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 24 1998 - 09:16:00 PDT
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