Originally Posted by
tahoe_girl
I just had my bike adjusted a bit by raising the seat a slightly higher than my bars. I needed the extra extension for my legs to power through the pedalling. However, is there a secret to eliminate back aches? Like somone mentioned above, I find it hard to ride more than 2 hours or so without my back hurting. Any suggestions?
I have my bars on both my bikes about an inch or 1 1/2 below my seat, on my touring bike with trekking bars and my mtb with flat bars. Just feels so much bette to me, and I found, for me anyway, when I lowered the bars on my mtb one day while riding, the "twitch" I had in my back disappeared. Probably stretched it more I'm guessing. I like the feel of control too being a bit lower.