In a message dated 12/29/2001 9:45:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, rebyl_kayak_at_iprimus.com.au writes: > Last week I increased the thickness of the knee pads in my boat to get > better knee lift. During flat water paddling my knees are just barely in > contact with the pads. The improvement in boat control is substantial but > now sometimes (not always) after an hours paddling my legs get very > cramped. Peter 'O, The problem might be that with the thicker knee pads, your knees are lower, making the front edge of your seat to high, causing too much pressure on the veins and nerves on the underside of you thighs and resulting in the cramping. If this is the case, you will have to lower the front of your seat or figure out another way to rig some knee bracing that allows your knees to be higher. I recently had this problem myself and was able to resolve by the later method. Duane So Cal <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/pirateseakayaker/squares.html">Duane's Survival Squares</A> *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Dec 30 2001 - 12:02:05 PST
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