Shoulder pain

[philinmerthyr]

I did my first 75 mile ride on Saturday. After around 50 miles I started getting quite bad shoulder pain and 2 days later my shoulders are sore.

I don't usually suffer from this. I've ridden over 2,000 miles since October and have slowly been building my rides up in preparation for a 100 mile ride in August.

I'm putting this down to fitness rather than bike fit as it didn't start until 50 miles into the ride. if this is the case I hope it will get better as I put the training in. Is this likely to be the case? I would welcome advice of those more experienced.

If I were to look for a bike fit, who in South Wales provides a good bike fit service?

 

[howieduck]

County cycles in cross hands. They are excellent and very friendly. Busy as they have a lot of repeat business. That's a good sign. My condor fratello from them fits me like a glove. And they solved any issues that I had with my other bikes fit. Even if I moved away I'd travel back to go there.

 

[Alien8]

It could be the accumulative effect of several things (bike fit, posture, fatigue etc) that build up during a long ride where you are essentially holding the same position.

Do you change your positioning much during your rides?

Perhaps just making a conscious effort to sit up occasionally to stretch your back, arms, shoulders, neck could be a enough to alleviate the problem or at least keep it manageable.

But bike fit is the obvious one to go for so if you're happy to get a bike fit I guess it could only be a good thing.

 

[BigDane92]

I hurt my shoulder once

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

I hurt my shoulder once

You're a man of many words.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

You're a man of many words.

You've just replied using one more word!

Kettle pot black!

 

[philinmerthyr]

I've got a bike fit booked for next Wednesday.

 

[howieduck]

Who with?

 

[philinmerthyr]

With Simon at http://www.totalcyclingperformance.co.uk/ in Aberdare. I met him a few days ago to discuss what I need and am booked in for Wednesday evening.

 

[howieduck]

Well let usknow how it all goes please.

 

[fossyant]

Training affects the muscles, once bike fit sorted get on with the training. Which part of the shoulder - it's a complex joint with many muscles.

 

[philinmerthyr]

I went for my bike fit today with http://www.totalcyclingperformance.co.uk/

It was well worth it. Simon made changes to my cleats, stem and saddle height. The most useful aspect was that he transferred the set up to a watt bike connected to a computer and provided a full analysis of my pedalling technique.

Initially my pedalling was showing as only 39% efficient. I was mainly pushing down and I was favouring my right leg. He showed me some techniques for improving me pedalling stroke and helped me to focus on balancing he effort through both legs. In doing so my efficiency rose to 64% and after a cleat adjustment it further improved to 70%.

I was with Simon for over 2 hrs and the session cost £95. I now need to use what I have learned to change he way I ride. The challenge will be to make the pedalling second nature. I plan to focus on this over the next couple of weeks rather than just clocking up the miles.

 

[e-rider]

I went for my bike fit today with http://www.totalcyclingperformance.co.uk/

It was well worth it. Simon made changes to my cleats, stem and saddle height. The most useful aspect was that he transferred the set up to a watt bike connected to a computer and provided a full analysis of my pedalling technique.

Initially my pedalling was showing as only 39% efficient. I was mainly pushing down and I was favouring my right leg. He showed me some techniques for improving me pedalling stroke and helped me to focus on balancing he effort through both legs. In doing so my efficiency rose to 64% and after a cleat adjustment it further improved to 70%.

I was with Simon for over 2 hrs and the session cost £95. I now need to use what I have learned to change he way I ride. The challenge will be to make the pedalling second nature. I plan to focus on this over the next couple of weeks rather than just clocking up the miles.

so what exactly did he do to the stem. saddle height and cleats? i.e. which direction did they all move?

 

[philinmerthyr]

He flipped the stem over so it pointed slightly up. Moved my cleats back to the ball of my feet which encourages a spinning technique when pedalling. My set was also about 2cm too high.