Originally Posted by
johnny99
Riding with your hands on the brake hoods is fine. Keep your elbows bent and your wrists straight. If you lock your elbows, you will put too much weight on your hands.
I think that this may be my problem. I have been told by my riding buddy that I have to relax my shoulders and my arms when I ride or I'm going to be miserable the following day.
I did have another concern though, the bike that I bought had the stem 1 spacer down from the top of the steerer tube. Should I put it at the top, or would this not make much of a difference?