Sit up and beg - pain & discomfort

rally200

No not S&M, but hybrids - how do you set up so as to take the weight off your wrists & hands.

What with all the lousy weather my road bike's been wrapped up in the garage during the week and I've dug out the old hybrid , but it hurts like hell, I just cant seem to find a way of taking some weigth off my arms, I've got slightly upswept bars on top of a huge stack of spacers, more or less level with the saddle (wheras the roadbike has a good couple of inches drop saddle to bars and never gives me any gyp).

Any suggestions? are you supposed to be bolt upright on a hybrid? can almost upright be comfortable?

Eau Rouge

Moving the saddle back or forward is apparently the way to deal with how much weight your hands have to support.

rally200

Eau Rouge wrote:

Moving the saddle back or forward is apparently the way to deal with how much weight your hands have to support.

ah, yes, cheers, I've never checked the saddle fore/aft &, come to think of it I was feeling a tendancy to slide forward on the saddle

lost_in_thought

Check your saddle tilt too, if it's tilted a little too far forwards it can push yuor weight forward onto your arms...

gbsahne001

14 miles ea way on an aged hybrid, no pain to speak of, apart from the end of the week slog. ; as others have said check your saddle and riding position.

coopster_the_1st

rally200 wrote:

No not S&M, but hybrids - how do you set up so as to take the weight off your wrists & hands.

Any suggestions? are you supposed to be bolt upright on a hybrid? can almost upright be comfortable?

What about using bar ends?

R_T_A

+1 to bar ends. Plus I've flipped the stem over, but that's just me and not sure if it would help too much.