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SquidPuppet, thanks for your advice. I never thought about the importance of changing the bars first. Maybe this will be my first step. And then I can adjust from there. Out of curiosity, I'd love to know how many miles you typically ride at once. I've heard you say that you rarely track mph or distance, but I was hoping you had some estimate?
My typical ride is down to the local lake/beach and back, with a few miles of goofing around while I'm down there. That's on roads and totals ~25 miles. When I want to go for a longer ride I go to the Trail of the Coeur 'd Alenes, a rails-to-trails path that's nearby. It runs along a river for 76 miles. I prefer the south western section that connects to the lake, and that's ~46 miles long, one way. It's scenic, well groomed, and usually very uncrowded.