Your knee position is also equally important. To maintain a correct posture, the knees should bend at right angles. The correct posture is important because it makes the body streamlined and cycling is thus made easy (as the body become more aerodynamic). The strain on your legs will also be reduced.

Follow the traditional way to obtain a correct knee posture. Put your bike on the trainer and then sit on the saddle-square. You should then put your heels on the pedals and start pedaling in a backward direction. The saddle height should then be adjusted. You know the height is right when you knees are straight without much hip moment. It will take you some time to reach this position, but it is worth it.

The handle bar of your cycle should not be too wide. The distance between the handle bar and the top of the saddle should be four knuckles at the maximum.

You need to position your arms in the right way too. You hands should be placed on the lever hood of the brake. Applying breaks will become much easier through this position. Do not put your hands in different angles while you are clutching on to the brake lever hood. It is best to maintain a straight position.

Custom built bikes are the best way to ride for many riders. This is actually true to an extent but for that you need to have the correct body posture. More of your weight should be put on the back wheel and less on the front wheel. This increases the rate of pedaling and also helps to have more control over the bike.

Body postures should be changed keeping in mind your body's reaction to various natural processes like the loss of flexibility in due course of time or aging. The strain on the body will be reduced and riding will be all the more fun!