Standing on Concrete floors

[Voltaire]

I've spent a lot of time lately in the shed working on my Norton ( takes about 5 times as long as a BMW).

I suspect I'm getting fatigue from A: working in imperial measurements and B: standing for hours on end on concrete.

are the $30 mats at Bunnings the answer?

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ergo-mat-...lack_p00187680

[TheDemonLord]

I believe the solution is to get a more reliable bike that doesn't require you to spend so much time in the garage working on it..

[sidecar bob]

I heard slippers help.
Or you could just sell the Norton & go back into the house for winter.

[Ocean1]

I've spent a lot of time lately in the shed working on my Norton ( takes about 5 times as long as a BMW).

I suspect I'm getting fatigue from A: working in imperial measurements and B: standing for hours on end on concrete.

are the $30 mats at Bunnings the answer?

https://www.bunnings.co.nz/ergo-mat-...lack_p00187680

Maybe. I didn't notice any spectacular improvement, so I suspect the problem is what her indoors said: too old and fat.

Oh, also all those wee nipples fall off in fairly short order. Although that may have been the oil. Which, Norton...

On the mat, y'unnerstand.

[huff3r]

Good shoes make a massive difference. Used to get serious back pain working retail in cheapo shoes, then got some decent ones and no issues since.

I also quit retail though, and that helped more. So uhhh, new shoes, or new lifestyle with less concrete floors involved!

[Honest Andy]

are the $30 mats at Bunnings the answer?

(insert joke about unreliable bikes here)

Yup, that'll help. Cold concrete is the worst, put some extra insoles in your boots to. I have a hunk of carpet with underlay that I kept when we recarpeted. Big enough to roll the bike onto and then I can stand, kneel or lie on it as required (not so much for the Honda, but for a demanding Italian...)
'Course carpet might not work for a bike that leaks too much oil....

[Swoop]

Any lumps of rubber mat helps.
Conveyor belt cut to size is good. Or carpet.
Or some decent boots.

Or a jap bike that doesn't need working on.

[T.W.R]

Good shoes make a massive difference. Used to get serious back pain working retail in cheapo shoes, then got some decent ones and no issues since.

I also quit retail though, and that helped more. So uhhh, new shoes, or new lifestyle with less concrete floors involved!

+1
Years of working in concrete floored workshops & in factories I soon learnt not to skimp on decent boots
Used to get a few sideways glances when I'd refuse the factory supplied or supplemented footware and blow on average $400 for boots but being a tall bugger and knowing what lower back & lumbar pain is all about and the fatigue it causes; having damn good boots are a must!

[Voltaire]

thanks for the comments.

I have a couple of reliable bikes but enjoy working on older ones, keeps my hand in being an office boy.

I think I'll get some mats as got an engine to pull down on a 74 BMW.

What Norton?, 72' Combat

[russd7]

that mat the missus bought that ya don't like will work, i use all sorts of stuff at work including a peice of carpet and that seems to work as good as other stuff, just gives a bit more cushioning but more importantly is a good barrier from the cold floor

[ellipsis]

...old carpet is free, as is old underlay, the rubber shit or foam shit are great under a bit of carpet...my bits are 6 to 800 mm x a couple of meters and get chucked out when they have to much shit spilled on them...I wont/cant stand on a concrete floor for more than a few moments before I get fucked off with dead feet...

[oldrider]

Infra-red heating panels in the workshop might help? - they heat things not air! - (Just sayin been thinkin about it myself!)

[Kickaha]

2/3 of the garage has carpet and underlay in it, fuck working on a concrete floor for any length of time out there with out it, I do enough of that at work

[Oakie]

Check out what the check-out chicks at supermarkets stand on. Designed for the purpose. We got some for our receptionists when I worked at a hotel and it made a big difference.

[Katman]

Fucking homos.