Upper back pain

[User6179]

Bite the bullet: the frame is too small, Can you return it to where you bought it for exchange? I fear that messing about with stem length, seat post lay back etc will exacerbate the discomfort rather than cure it.

That's what I thought but didn't want to say.

 

[aerobrain]

Went for a ride today and definitely not serious enough to warrant a new bike. Think when I filmed that I was sat a bit upright as my arms aren't normally near locking.

I'll try the longer stem and see how that goes. I've done nearly 1300 miles on it now so can't be all bad, but I do agree that with hindsight I should have gone one size up in the frame.

Can't decide on saddle height, lowered it slightly today after seeing the hip movement but think it may have been right where it was!

I'll probably keep scanning the suggestions in this post and tinkering based on them for a few more rides to see what does/doesn't help.

Cheers guys :-)

 

[Dusty Bin]

Can't decide on saddle height, lowered it slightly today after seeing the hip movement but think it may have been right where it was!

needs to go up 5-10mm from where it is in the vid...

 

[ayceejay]

airobrain it is then.
While I was not expecting you to take my advice as gospel the thought of each time of going out on my bike with a new stem length or seat height to see if it increases or decreases my back pain would make me take up croquet.

 

[aerobrain]

airobrain it is then.
While I was not expecting you to take my advice as gospel the thought of each time of going out on my bike with a new stem length or seat height to see if it increases or decreases my back pain would make me take up croquet.

I'm not saying I'll be changing everything every ride. Just make a change, ride it for a week or so and see how it feels. If it's no better / worse have a look at some of the suggestions and see which if any to try next. As it's the winter period I won't be doing as many longer rides so an ideal time to have a tinker.

Think the next thing will be to put the saddle back to where it was and just swap the stem to see the affect of that. Then try out some small saddle height adjustments.

 

[Crackle]

Went for a ride today and definitely not serious enough to warrant a new bike. Think when I filmed that I was sat a bit upright as my arms aren't normally near locking.

I'll try the longer stem and see how that goes. I've done nearly 1300 miles on it now so can't be all bad, but I do agree that with hindsight I should have gone one size up in the frame.

Can't decide on saddle height, lowered it slightly today after seeing the hip movement but think it may have been right where it was!

I'll probably keep scanning the suggestions in this post and tinkering based on them for a few more rides to see what does/doesn't help.

Cheers guys :-)

Using a turbo for set up often doesn't work because you hold yourself differently on a turbo, much more static. It's good for rough set up but that's all.

 

[michaelcycle]

The frame looks like it is too small but it's not a disaster.

Seat height looks fine but a touch far forwards. Get a longer stem and see how it goes.

I think in reality, this a core strength / stability issue. Work on that off the bike as well if you can.