I want to bring the front up a bit since I feel I’m too forward on the bars and it’s causing pressure in my hands and neck.
by Impressive_Soft5923
I want to bring the front up a bit since I feel I’m too forward on the bars and it’s causing pressure in my hands and neck.
by Impressive_Soft5923
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I’m not sure what you’re trying to achieve here – do you mean adding a longer fork so that the whole bike tilts back a little?
That’s a pretty extreme solution, you could look at options around your stem, bars and saddle position instead.
Why not rise at the bars?
Classic XY problem. You want a more upright riding position. Answer is to replace stem and possibly bars.
Velo Orange Happy Stem may be what you could use to rise the bars up higher.
You have a few simpler options here than replacing the fork.
you need to understand replacing the fork will make the bike handle completely differently whereas changing for a shorter stem (the bit the bars are attached to) will bring the bars closer to you so you’re not stretched out.
Changing the handlebars to a riser bar (the handlebars you see with a bend in them so the bit you hold on to are higher than the middle that’s connected to the stem) will effectively do what you’re after without changing the basic geometry of the bike and therefore it will perform as intended beyond your position maybe causing more wind resistance.
That’s not how you fix bike fit.