Question about Hobies

[Jimmyz123]

With everything that we do whether it be peddling or paddling our kayaks there's always got to be an upside and a downside to everything. With paddling we all know the shoulders, back, and wrists sometimes feel the pain from the day out. Is this also true with Hobies in anyway? Surely not with the shoulders, but after a long day on the water do you feel pain or anything in your hips, knees, legs, or anything?

[bus kid]

only my arse, but I suffer from a medical condition called nofatarsetocushion.
I made a pad a few weeks back and seems to be helping.

[KatFish]

My knees get soar but it doesn't last long. When I was paddleing my right shoulder was in alot of pain. Actually it was in pain until last week the doc gave me a cortisone shot it my bursa. It feels much better now! So yes I'd chose peddle or paddle any day! Hope this helped.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by KatFish

My knees get soar but it doesn't last long. When I was paddleing my right shoulder was in alot of pain. Actually it was in pain until last week the doc gave me a cortisone shot it my bursa. It feels much better now! So yes I'd chose peddle or paddle any day! Hope this helped.

My shoulder sometimes hurts but that was caused from baseball when I was a kid. Once I warm up I'm fine, but I can see how some may give up the paddling for peddling due to shoulder pain. Personally I love the peace of paddling and the upper body workout I get. I totally respect the Peddling kayaks and think they are great, but I'll be sticking to the Paddling.

Good luck Catfishing today.

[RockyRaab]

My pet peeve again: "Peddling" means selling door-to-door.

If my knees get sore while PEDALING, I know I've been allowing my legs to spread too far. Keeping my legs straighter immediately relieves that. Raising the seat of my PA14 4" helped a lot with that, too. Getting my knees below shoulder height made a huge difference.

Otherwise, PEDALING a Hobie takes less effort than walking, IMO. Much less than biking. I can troll for five+ hours and feel very little fatigue.

[KatFish]

Originally Posted by RockyRaab

My pet peeve again: "Peddling" means selling door-to-door.

If my knees get sore while PEDALING, I know I've been allowing my legs to spread too far. Keeping my legs straighter immediately relieves that. Raising the seat of my PA14 4" helped a lot with that, too. Getting my knees below shoulder height made a huge difference.

Otherwise, PEDALING a Hobie takes less effort than walking, IMO. Much less than biking. I can troll for five+ hours and feel very little fatigue.

PEDALING!

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by RockyRaab

My pet peeve again: "Peddling" means selling door-to-door.

If my knees get sore while PEDALING, I know I've been allowing my legs to spread too far. Keeping my legs straighter immediately relieves that. Raising the seat of my PA14 4" helped a lot with that, too. Getting my knees below shoulder height made a huge difference.

Otherwise, PEDALING a Hobie takes less effort than walking, IMO. Much less than biking. I can troll for five+ hours and feel very little fatigue.

Thanks for the correction.

PEDALING, and paddling(I checked, it's correct) have their ups and downs just the same.

[YakMedic]

Originally Posted by Jimmyz123

Personally I love the peace of paddling .

I agree. I switched to a Hobie Outback a while back and after a day on the water I no longer have the relaxed feeling I did after a day of paddling. I am however pushing my third shoulder surgery and see it as a necessary evil. I just take my wifes WS Tarpon out when I need a stress relief paddle.

What I have noticed is after a long day in the Hobie the next day my lower back is very tight, I think its from having my legs up so high while pedaling. Maybe if I had a higher perch like a PA it wouldn't be as bad.

[echo1er]

I have no pain. Then I took an arrow to the knee.

[Jimmyz123]

Originally Posted by bus kid

only my arse, but I suffer from a medical condition called nofatarsetocushion.
I made a pad a few weeks back and seems to be helping.

I know this one. When I bought my last Kayak there was a gel seat cushion the previous owner included with the sale, an that was the key for a comfy ride, so that did not get sold with my Kayak.