Originally Posted by
Iride01
Which part of your neck? Due to your very straight arms I'd think you have a pain between your shoulder blades in your upper back and some pain or numbness in your wrist and hands. But since you don't mention that, you must not have an issue. Possibly you only do short rides of less than an hour?
Bike doesn't look too big at all. I'm 180 cm with 34.5" legs. I've ridden as big as 64 cm frames with 59 and 60 cm being the norm for the last 10 years. Currently though, my new bike and favorite ride is a 56cm. All road bikes and none giving issues I couldn't resolve trying different adjustments over many rides.
Hybrid bikes and flat bars throw me. I just don't understand them. Nor do I ride a trainer, I just can't motivate myself to want to go nowhere. <grin>
Have recently taken up cycling, and living in a rainy part of Scandinavia the season is short. I got a road bike, Cannondale Caad 9 -56 cm frame. Have done no more than 2 hours ride using the CAAD, but havent had any neck issues using that bike. Its used on my indoor trainer, so thats part of the reason I have done my outdoor riding on the hybrid. On the road bike indoors I watch TV, looking more down on the tv rather than straightforward. Indoor rides are usually no more than 60 minutes.Have done a few 3 hours rides on the Merida hybrid, and I am feeling the the neck pain from loooking forward on the road. Typically feeling the neck issu after 45-60 minutes of riding, and its not any discomfort atfter I get off the bike. Location: Low neck, where it meets the shouldblades/collarbone. I am about to look into body measurements and bike geometry to gain more knowledge about this field, but I am very happy get more immidiate respons from those of you with more knowledge and experience from cycling.