Originally Posted by
DieselDan
Your trying to fix the problem in the wrong place. Tilt the nose of the saddle up to take pressure off hands, wrists, elbows and shoulders. Nothing radical, just enough to move your weight's distribution off your upper body onto your rear end. You can raise handle bars all day with infinite configurations, if you are constantly pushing your body weight back up onto the saddle, your hands, arms, elbows, and shoulders will hurt and you will hate cycling.
+1... Bars don't push up against your hands, your hands push down into the bars... and often because the saddle is set pointing down and your weight is sliding forward.
Often, people will tilt their saddles down because they mistakenly think this will remove pressure from sensitive areas, but that is not how saddles are designed to work. And if a level saddle at the proper height is uncomfortable, try a different saddle.