AI6YR BenDefinitely pulled a muscle in my back from bicycling. Sigh. I'll survive. It's been bothering me for a few days, but discovered I make it worse and exactly what muscle when I get on a bike. (I blame using the lower bars on the road bike 🤪 ) Stretching seems to be mostly fixing this, but... ANNOYING! #firstworldproblems #BikeTooter #random
David Sacerdote@ai6yr you can get a riser stem which increases the height of the bars for a road bike. I use one which raises it just enough to keep my back happy
W6KME@dsacer @ai6yr I'll second this...fashion may say you need a super-low shoulder position for max aero efficiency. Well, we normal humans don't go fast enough for it to be as important as it is for pros. They don't ride like humans do.
Move that bar up. Learn to put your hands on the brake hoods for riding into the wind, not the drops. Use a slightly broader saddle that actually hits your sit bones. Drop the seat an inch. Be comfortable; you're never going to see the inside of a wind tunnel.
Raven667@W6KME @dsacer @ai6yr years ago I rode my friends classic steel Schwinn bike, with the spring in the seat, 3-speed in-hub gearbox, and upright riding position with the handlebars that bend up and are raked back, no drop bars and not straight like mtb, and that was the most comfortable riding bike I've ever been on. Its not fast, but you get where you are going in style :-)
Frank