Traps hurt = bad fit?
03-15-15, 01:56 PM
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Traps hurt = bad fit?
I recently bought a road bike and have not really gotten into riding it yet. Yesterday I rode 15 miles, and today my shoulders and trap muscles are sore! Is this a fit issue? or am I just too tense on the bike?
Is this something a fitting can help with? Thanks.
Is this something a fitting can help with? Thanks.
03-15-15, 06:39 PM
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If I understand it, you are brand new to cycling, rode for an hour on a drop bar road bike, and now have tired shoulders. Not unusual. Fit could be wrong, but you could simply be unused to the position and your muscles not adapted. Can't say. If you post pictures of yourself on the bike, maybe someone can help.
03-16-15, 09:54 AM
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Some upper body gym work might be a good idea. Seated lat pulls and all sorts of dumbbell exercises are good. Most folks find that core work focusing on the back is also a good idea. It's not just legs.
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like others said, it's hard to say. try to stay conscious on your next ride about staying limber and not tensing up. if that means going slower, do it.
i can get sore but usually it's everywhere that i'm sore and usually b/c i haven't ridden in awhile. if you can get a few miles in daily and work up to 15 miles this also might help. hitting 15 miles from the get-go is not something i'd recommend...
best of luck.
i can get sore but usually it's everywhere that i'm sore and usually b/c i haven't ridden in awhile. if you can get a few miles in daily and work up to 15 miles this also might help. hitting 15 miles from the get-go is not something i'd recommend...
best of luck.
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As always, I find myself in agreement with Carbonfiberboy. Advice to work on core strength is a key element of physical fitness necessary in many activities. I my case, I work on core strength to help with a troublesome back. In initially I worked on core strength just to help a sore back but now find each year I'm increasingly comfortable on the bike.
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It might be related to holding your head up. Consider raising the bars for a while until you get more used to the newer riding posture. Also, take advantage of the multiple hand positions, moving back behind the lever hoods and palming the corners of the bar, or the top center section from time to time as conditions allow.
Remember that you are not a dog and millions of years of evolution have you poorly adapted to a horizontal spine with the head forward of the shoulders. Turning the clock back that far isn't something you should expect to achieve overnight. Take your time and allow your muscles to get used to the new position.
Remember that you are not a dog and millions of years of evolution have you poorly adapted to a horizontal spine with the head forward of the shoulders. Turning the clock back that far isn't something you should expect to achieve overnight. Take your time and allow your muscles to get used to the new position.
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