Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
While getting used to my roadbike I initially had the bars rolled back a bit and the stem flipped to make it easier on my back which has suffered a few knocks over the years.
Problem I found was this made it comfy on the hoods but hard to reach the brakes on the drops.I have just rolled the bars forward again and now find it easy to ride in the drops but the new position when in the hoods feels very different.
Just did a fast (for me) 13 mile undulating loop and no problems but its going to take a while to adapt to the lower hoods.
Eventually I want to flip the stem back over and ride the bike as it was designed but will see how it goes like this for a while first.
Old position
New position
In the old position I could only just reach the brakes and found my hands kept slipping down the bars .In the new position I can reach the brakes easilly and hands sit comfortably in the right place ,just need to let my lower back get used to it now.
Any back strengthening exercises I can do or is just riding the bike the best?
Problem I found was this made it comfy on the hoods but hard to reach the brakes on the drops.I have just rolled the bars forward again and now find it easy to ride in the drops but the new position when in the hoods feels very different.
Just did a fast (for me) 13 mile undulating loop and no problems but its going to take a while to adapt to the lower hoods.
Eventually I want to flip the stem back over and ride the bike as it was designed but will see how it goes like this for a while first.
Old position
New position
In the old position I could only just reach the brakes and found my hands kept slipping down the bars .In the new position I can reach the brakes easilly and hands sit comfortably in the right place ,just need to let my lower back get used to it now.
Any back strengthening exercises I can do or is just riding the bike the best?