Originally Posted by
Rowan
Some questions for the OP:
Do you wear sunglasses or ordinary specatacles while riding?
Does you helmet have a peak?
Do you hunch your shoulders upward while riding?
How wide are your handlebars?
How much weight do you feel you are putting on your hands while riding (this as the two previous questions are sort of interrelated)?
Do you look down at the front wheel of your bike all the time (ie, keep your head in the one position all the time)?
How far down the curve of the handlebars are your shifters/hoods?
Can you post a picture of you while riding?
Thanks for the extensive questions Rowan, will try and answer all.
I wear Ray bans when I ride.
My helmet has a visor, yes.
I dont feel as if I hunch my shoulder upwards, my handlebars are wide, not near my bike now I can't specify but I am riding a 2013 Fuji touring bike.
At certain times in my ride I often feel the need to straighten my arms and apply more pressure against the hoods, this is usually when my neck is feeling tender.
I tend to keep my vision ahead of me, not at the front tire, but scanning the road ahead, as you would driving a car.
I have bar end shifters.
I will endeavour to upload a picture when I have the opportunity.
Cheers!
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions so far. Lots of things I can look into.