Question about Back and hammocks.

**btourer** · 05-13-2007, 07:00

Originally Posted by RockStar

Rockstar,
I thought about getting a bike but, being over analytical(sp) and undergifted in the height department-I havent found a bike SMALL enough yet rugged enough to handle that kind of biking. Basically BMX style bikes are the only I can ride without jumping on and off of! *I live in a small town and Wal Mart is the low price low quality leader here.*

A friend bought a bike there and 2 years later took it to have something fixed at a Bike shop...the bike had been put together wrong and she didn't even know it. The front tire wasn't even LOCKED into place. The guy said he doesnt know HOW she never did a face plant!

I'm not much on bike shops where ever I am. I get frames and then I build up my own bikes. But there's nice bikes to be had even in the small sizes. Go see: http://www.terrybicycles.com for conventional bikes. Also look at http://www.bikefriday.com which are folding bikes but they have a section for folks that are height impared. These days all better bikes are pricy but what can you do. You might look into recumbents also. And all bike are hammock compatible.

**peanuts** · 05-14-2007, 11:15

i do yoga and i do pilates.it has done wonders for my ability to hike!!<a

**Coffee** · 05-14-2007, 11:28

Originally Posted by peanuts

i do yoga and i do pilates.it has done wonders for my ability to hike!!<a

Thanks. I am going to have to get into that. It should be another funny thing for people to stare at me in the woods. Doing yoga next to a hammock.

**RockStar** · 05-14-2007, 15:45

Originally Posted by btourer

I'm not much on bike shops where ever I am. I get frames and then I build up my own bikes. But there's nice bikes to be had even in the small sizes. Go see: http://www.terrybicycles.com for conventional bikes. Also look at http://www.bikefriday.com which are folding bikes but they have a section for folks that are height impared. These days all better bikes are pricy but what can you do. You might look into recumbents also. And all bike are hammock compatible.

Thanks for the sites!

**Just Jeff** · 05-14-2007, 21:03

No such thing as too much gear. Move the wife into the backyard if you run out of gear storage areas. (Just don't tell MY wife I said that...

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I've looked at those mats. The CCF ones seem like they'd insulate well but they're much heavier than camping mats...that's why I've never tried them. I bet they'd be good for car camping, though.