Long time rider. Club rides, USCF races, etc. A broken neck from an mva caused me require a 3 level ACDF. Was already thinking I needed to get more upright before surgery. Neck hurt! Got a Surly Cross Check. Played with different bar/stem combo's. Ended up with Albatross bars, short 8cm stem. Grant Peterson style setup. The problem doesn't come from neck strength. All the traing you can do will not make the fused vertabrae bend. That's what a fusion does. As my neuro guy pointed out, also, if you push how far you can bend it to the limits, you will be throwing a lot of stress to the two vertabrae on the ends of the fused ones, risking damage to more discs. I'm choosing not to do more damage. And, I'm enjoying the tourist style rides.....
