I went for a longer ride this week - 13.1 miles. Took me 1 hour 5 minutes.

That was two laps of my regular route. First lap was 30:44 and second lap was 33:59.

The second lap was definitely more difficult than the first for me.

I like this route because of the climbs; 315 ft total ascent, 322 ft total descent with a .4 mile climb (2.49% avg grade, 6% max grade, 52 ft ascent). This climb is also ~5 miles into my ~6.5 mile route.

It's making learn how to use the gearing to my advantage.

The first lap felt normal. The second lap, my left hand started feeling some numbness and my butt started to get really uncomfortable.

I feel like I'm still leaning too far forward but I've got the seat as far forward as possible and I recently replaced the stem with a higher rise and shorter reach.

Appreciate you taking the time to respond.