Originally Posted by
George
I had to buy new handlebars to shorten my reach up about 2 cm and now the bike feels great. I had the Nitto Noodle bar on my Jamis and I replaced them with a short reach bar. It was comfortable for 40 or so miles and then my shoulder and neck would hurt. The shorted reach fixed it.
Thanks George - as I recall I think you flipped the stem as well.
Originally Posted by
NOS88
If you are too stretched out there are a variety of symptoms. Perhaps the most common is neck and/or back pain. You might also experience shoulder pain. If the difference is only 3cm total between the Tarmac and Simoncini, why go for 20cm difference in the stem? I'd probably try a 90mm instead of the 80.
Thanks - the difference I am considering is 20mm (not cm) or 2 cm which will but the Tarmac bars the same distance from the center of the seat post to the center of the bars. 90mm is certainly more available than 80mm.
I will report more on the symptoms I am feeling later - I don't want to bias the responses I get. Both you and George concur on shoulder pain.