Love my new build but my wrists absolutely cannot withstand more than an hour of riding without feeling like my hands are going to snap off from the rest of my arm. I played with hand position and handlebar angles but alas I may actually just need a whole new stem.
I really want to ride 4-8 hour long rides without any discomfort so I called a shop that does bike fits and the price estimate was $180 plus tax plus whatever new parts may need to be purchased.
Should I do it? $200+ is not cheap for me at the moment so I really want this to be a good investment.
Has anyone else had experience with a bike fit? if so, how much did it cost?
by spookymemes
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Sounds like To much pressure are your hand. Either raise your handle bar or get swept back bars that rise
It would suck to spend that cash and still have wrist pain. Maybe change your handle bars to something that allows more hand positions, also really try to use your core to hold yourself up, putting all your weight on your wrists will make anyone feel fatigue.
Honestly, anything more than a couple hours or so on a flat bar is probably going to give you discomfort. Throw a drop bar on it and a set of fake hoods or brake levers unconnected
change your handlebars, some back sweeps like the ladies bike bars probably would work nicely for u
You just need hand massage. Find someone who knows how to you won’t regret it
Just change to road bar , u will have plenty positions to change…. Had same issues whose bars which you have they are best for short ride to do shopping))
make sure your seat’s not slanted down, pushing your body into your wrists.
i find it most comfortable when my wrists are straight instead of angled. while riding your wrists might drop and make an angle between your forearm and hand, basically focus on twisting knuckles forward so that the top of your hand and arm are a straight line
also build your core, like riding in normal leaned forward position but hover your hands, to get used to sharing the load between your abs and arms
They want $180 to do a bicycle fit? Wtf?!?
😂😂 no don’t do that.
I got some add on bullhorn levers off amazon to have a diff hand positions. Checkout my posts. It wasn’t expensive and it changed my riding a lot.
I used an app. Pedal pro. Didn’t pay as when my daughter took my photos it showed the over stretched angles which I then adjusted. I moved my seat down, angled it , pushed it forward, and rotated my riser bars a bit. Done. It’s not perfect but after a few rides of getting used to it, it feels pretty close. I did years ago buy a Thomson 17° riser stem that helped with my wrists. I also bought more risers with more rise and more sweep. I may get some BMX bars soon as I bet the rise would feel fantastic but they are mainly really wide also which may not work for streets. I love your bike btw but not sure the Brooks is my cuppa tea but I hear once aged are sublime. New stem and maybe lower you seat and inch would be my start. Good luck
On my mtn bike I bent the ends of my bars in a bit, and added bar ends for an extra hand position. I prefer my road bike drop bars.
$180 is estimated 2 hours at $90/hr. This is completely normal. They will try to shift your weight back onto your seat to alleviate wrist pain. Angle your seat flat and get a comfortable one for you. If the fitter are worth their salt, they should measure your sit bones to make sure your saddle is the right size. Flat bars and Ourys, while one of my favorite setups, is just not designed for endurance comfort. Having the option to change hand positions is huge.
Your seat is tilted way too far forward. Try tilting it back a bit or take a level and level it out.