Horrible, crippling back pain

declan1
declan1 Posts: 2,470
edited October 2013 in Road general
Bars higher than other bike?
Harsher frame jolting your back?

Could be many, many things as I'm sure you know :P

Road - Dolan Preffisio
MTB - On-One Inbred

I have no idea what's going on here.

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  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Have you reaaaaally got the bike fit correct between the two bikes? (do you know all the ways to take measurements, how to take into account different saddle sweetspots etc.. it's always easier when the same bars and same saddle are on both bikes) ...and is the bike fit even correct in the first place?
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    how about going out on your summer bike one last time. If the pain re-occurs then it might not be the bike fit for your winter bike but something else.
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  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    I tried to match other bikes geo to my Cervelo. I failed.
    I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles
  • wardieboy
    wardieboy Posts: 230
    This helped me:

    http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/05/bikes-and-tech/technical-faq/technical-faq-setting-your-bikes-up-identically_216035
  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    Try lowering your saddle a bit, high saddle is a common cause of back pain.
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Possibly weak core muscles and poor flexibility - increasing strength in your quads and glutes, combined with tight hamstrings is possibly putting more stress on your pelvis and lumbar region. Getting yourself down the gym and doing a structured regime of exercise and stretches will pay more dividends that a bike fit. I'm finding as I get older, I have to work harder on my conditioning and cannot just rely on riding the bike.
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  • Mikey23
    Mikey23 Posts: 5,306
    plus 1 for core strength conditioning. i had back pain when i started riding but this sorted itself. then i had an off a few months ago and spent lots of time off my bike and generally sitting around. when i resumed riding,back pain returned and again took a few days to clear

    but there could be a more serious underlying issue. is a visit to GP and referral for some tests not out of the question?

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