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Originally Posted by tremens
Don't let your body to adjust, it's recipe for problems sooner or later.
Get bike which is comfortable as much as possible in natural riding position
and then adopt the bike even farther to your body.
Anyway maintaining physical fitness is crucial for riding bikes.

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Yes, staying loose and limber is important! Stretching really helps me!
I understand your intention here but not so easy with a "new" rider. A new rider may not really know what a "natural" position is, may make mistakes moving things around (bar height and angle, seat height and shape, pegs lower, further forward or further back, risers .. how high?)
IMO, important to just RIDE THE BIKE and see what feels "right" or "wrong" ... then make careful changes as needed.
Many riders will not know a "good" bike riding position from a "bad" one. Every rider is different, hard to know what will fit everyone.
If a new rider is used to laying back on a Barka-Lounge" chair, then he may not
feel comfortable even on the perfect bike.
Even experts will need to "adapt" to a new bike, and once they do, it may turn out to be perfect for them .... or not. If not, then subtle, careful changes should be made. Some guys just follow the crowd and do a bunch of changes that may not be smart ... and may not solve comfort problem.
Not an easy thing. Many times I find it easier for me to just adapt to the bike, rather than jumping up and making a bunch of changes before really knowing the bike.