Just a note for the archives…
I have occasionally suffered from mild to moderate elbow pain immediately following rides lasting over an hour. The type and location of pain was identical to tennis elbow and lasted for several days.
At least one other person here has asked about elbow pain in the past (
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...ght=elbow+pain) so it's not an isolated problem, yet none of the cycling books I have consulted offer any information on this condition.
I'm relieved to report that I recently traced down the source of my pain.
My brake hoods--as they were set up on the bike to begin with--were too straight and were subtly, though chronically, twisting my elbows outward as I rode. To test my suspicion, I loosened the levers, and rotated them both slightly *inward* to better match the angle that my hand naturally wants to make w/ them. The pain has completely vanished.
Perhaps someone else here can benefit form this…