Sore neck from cycling

[vickster]

Thanks again for replies . No I don't wear glasses .
Seems to be a few here thinking a shorter stem or bike fit may help . I'm going to pop to lbs today and get there advice .
I don't think 54/56 frame would be right size for me for cube , I tried a smaller one line that and I felt way too small , but on the other hand the boardman I tried was I think 55.5 and that was ok . Think cube maybe have different frame set up?
Thanks all

The 55.5 Boardman won't be measured on the same same basis. Cubes seem to come up smaller based on how they are measured if looking solely at the single number, but a 58 cube might have been better. Try a shorter flipped stem (I'd guess a 60cm bike would come with a 120mm+ stem so plenty of room for manoeuvre)

 

[mrandmrspoves]

The only solution to this problem and many other cycling problems is to get a recumbent trike!

 

[zacklaws]

My solution to this problem which I do is to rotate the bars very slightly so the hoods are raised. Make a pencil mark on the stem side of the clamp on the bars, slacken the bolts and just rotate the bars very slightly raising the hoods and then retighten the bolts, probably less than a milimetre may be sufficient. If it does not work try again, if it does work, job done. If things start to go pear shaped, just realign the pencil mark again with the clamp and try again.

The problem is usually caused by bending over too low and then raising your neck to see forward, by raising your neck just a "tad" is enough to sort it.

If it does not work after you have turned the bars so much that they do not look right, then it is time to flip the stem so it is angled upwards more.

Also check as well before doing any thing is ensure all the spacers are below the stem, and none above it, should not be with it being new, if any are above, move them to below the stem. this should also raise your head position.

A club rider had this problem a few months back, I told him just rotate the bars very slightly and it solved the problem immediatly without having to mess with the stem.

 

[lpretro1]

Take care. You want one done by a rounded rider, not a zealot, or some youngster blindly putting measurements into a computer.

thatswhy i said 'professional' - as opposed to amateur

 

[mjr]

thatswhy i said 'professional' - as opposed to amateur

That's backwards: essentially, a professional is someone who professes a view because they're paid, whereas an amateur loves what they do.

 

[migrantwing]

According to Cube's website, the frame size the OP has is correct. I know that height is not the best way to fit a bike, but going off of Cube's own information, it's understandable why the particular frame size was chosen.

Different manufacturers - different geometry. We could talk about that one all day. I'm just shy of 5' 8" and my bike (Ghost) frame size is 53cm. I wanted the size down from this one, which is a 51cm, yet the top tube length was a lot shorter, so it would have been way too compact, plus the fact that there would have been a major saddle to bar height drop, so I opted for the 53cm frame. It can sometimes be a tricky shot in the dark with some manufacturers' geometries.

 

[gbs]

To alleviate the discomfort I suggest:

• whilst riding, offset the natural tendency for shoulders to be hunched up towards the ears by consciously pulling the elbows down towards the waist and close to the chest from time to time
• when waiting at traffic lights or when ever stopped do opposite side arm stretches - one arm up the other down or whilst standing lift the upper chest and pull elbows down to try make the shoulder blades touch.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I feel your pain bud..
i looked at changing my bike or frame due to pain in my neck.
looked at bikes in greenwheel bikes to see Why mine is so wrong.

my frame is more race than sportive..with a low head tube and low bar height.
after much adjusting rotating and moving this and that i found a fix.

this has worked for me, i do suffer with neck pain and wear specs..

£20 fix so cheaper than a new bike and it allows me to do a few more miles.
it dont look silly like the other stem risers and you wont be adding 250g of weight either

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361255104409?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDXT

 

[Citius]

I went for a bike fit earlier this year and it turns out that raising your saddle a bit, moving it back a bit and dropping the hoods a bit can make a massive difference. Never would have worked it out by myself, needed the computer assisted help of experts.

So stretching him out further is going to help?

 

[themosquitoking]

So stretching him out further is going to help?

I don't know, see what the magic computer says. I never would have thought it would do it for me.

 

[CUBE CRD]

Fairly common if you aren't used to road bikes. When I had a few fallow years jumping back on the road bikes used to kill my back and neck. The bikes were a perfect fit but I wasn't used to the position. Roll on a few months and I was fine.

Had the same problem myself when I started riding the road bikes for the first time.A few weeks later,building up the mileage as I went,the neck is now comfortable supporting my head at the angle it wants to be at

 

[roadrash]

@Sniffer77 , how did you get on at your lbs....???

 

[Sniffer77]

Well they changed my stem for a shorter one .
Did a big training ride yesterday 86 miles and the pain/discomfort is still there so back to the drawing board .

 

[Citius]

Well they changed my stem for a shorter one .
Did a big training ride yesterday 86 miles and the pain/discomfort is still there so back to the drawing board .

Can you post a side-on pic of you, on the bike? Preferably while wearing your regular riding kit.

 

[Sniffer77]

Will do tomorrow if ok as I'm off out for a short ride then.
Does i have to be actually be cycling or just on it in cycling position against wall ?