On 7 Sep 2004 at 12:56, Carey Parks wrote: > Well, I think there are shades of gray here that shouldn't be ignored. > At the hips, it's the rotation of the skelleton not the skin of your > cheeks that counts. Yes, if you want to rotate your pelvis beyond that > which your skin/wet suit allows a mechanical device to permit the hips > to rotate will help. But (butt?) some motion is better than no motion, > so don't think that you have to have a swivel or sliding seat to bring > you legs into play - at least to some useful degree. In many kayaks, that's true. Lots have such flat seats that you can get some motion. But if you're moving only a little bit, that little bit times the force in the leg amounts to a little bit of work. You have to decide for yourself whether this meaningfully adds to the forward motion of the kayak. This in turn has to be balanced against the amount of effort that you expend to generate the extra work. It makes sense in racing, where a kilometer race can be won by a few centimeters. For most touring kayakers, it's likely a waste of time and energy. It's truly a case of YMMV. :-) Mike *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Sep 07 2004 - 10:56:50 PDT
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