Best stem angle for back aches. What did you guys do ?
02-14-14, 10:57 PM
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Another one with back problems who rides a -17° stem, no spacers. As noted by others, most important to rotate the hips forward and straighten the back.
02-15-14, 04:59 AM
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That made me smile partly due to the truth in that. When I was having backaches all I did was ride more and do more crunches. After a while, no more problems and I'm even spending more and more time in the drops now. I say ride it out.
I didn't think that stem setup was real when I first saw it.. I've never seen anything quite like that on any bike ever. I was just watching some of your youtube race footage just last night and some of your "tricks" are simply astonishing. Very delicious food for thought...
I'd hate to see your chiropractor bills!
This is a biggie.
+1 for sure. If you have shorter legs then you'll need a low stem. If you have longer legs then you'll need a taller stem. Generally speaking of course.
It's hard to tell in the picture above what my stem looks like which is why I like it.
I have a weird stem. It's a -32 deg, 14.5 cm stem. Compact bars forced me to use a custom stem to get the drops low enough. With the drops 3 cm higher I was having back issues. I changed bars to get away from the old bars I was using, ones with 15 cm drop. The compact bar's drops shape work for me but the shallow drop was terrible. Ironically when I got the old bars they were considered shallower drop at 15 cm (18 cm or so was deep). When I went to the bars that were 3 cm less drop I needed a stem with 3 cm more drop.
Some comparison pictures with another set of 15 cm drop bars (FSA Energy), whose drops I didn't like, when I switched them out to use the custom stem and the FSA Compacts:
https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...part-deux.html
How I figured out the stem I needed:
https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...-thoughts.html
+1 for sure. If you have shorter legs then you'll need a low stem. If you have longer legs then you'll need a taller stem. Generally speaking of course.
It's hard to tell in the picture above what my stem looks like which is why I like it.
I have a weird stem. It's a -32 deg, 14.5 cm stem. Compact bars forced me to use a custom stem to get the drops low enough. With the drops 3 cm higher I was having back issues. I changed bars to get away from the old bars I was using, ones with 15 cm drop. The compact bar's drops shape work for me but the shallow drop was terrible. Ironically when I got the old bars they were considered shallower drop at 15 cm (18 cm or so was deep). When I went to the bars that were 3 cm less drop I needed a stem with 3 cm more drop.
Some comparison pictures with another set of 15 cm drop bars (FSA Energy), whose drops I didn't like, when I switched them out to use the custom stem and the FSA Compacts:
https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...part-deux.html
How I figured out the stem I needed:
https://sprinterdellacasa.blogspot.co...-thoughts.html
I'd hate to see your chiropractor bills!
Last edited by dralways; 02-15-14 at 05:03 AM.
02-15-14, 05:25 AM
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I'll just throw this out here.
Back pain in cycling can and many times results from tight hamstrings and hip flexors. Cycling is not as such a sport which helps with these problems so some other training routines may be necessary.
Kettlebell is the bomb for cycling. It stretches and trains at the same time. However good technique is essential to prevent injury.
Hip flexor stretching is nasty but it needs to be done. Tight hip flexors result in bad posture and back problems later in life.
Same with hamstrings. The two places I hate stretching are the hammies and hip flexors. But nontheless they absolutely need to be stretched if I'm going to cycle at all.
Back pain in cycling can and many times results from tight hamstrings and hip flexors. Cycling is not as such a sport which helps with these problems so some other training routines may be necessary.
Kettlebell is the bomb for cycling. It stretches and trains at the same time. However good technique is essential to prevent injury.
Hip flexor stretching is nasty but it needs to be done. Tight hip flexors result in bad posture and back problems later in life.
Same with hamstrings. The two places I hate stretching are the hammies and hip flexors. But nontheless they absolutely need to be stretched if I'm going to cycle at all.
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