Without knowing more about your setup try...
- bending more at the waist instead of your back (if you sit and round your back, you can feel your whole chest/diaphragm/lungs contract vs. keeping your back straighter)
- move your seat back if you do this and your reach doesn't feel balanced.
- adjusting your reach is sometimes a combination of a longer stem and seat adjustment, because seat adjust does subtly change your position in relation to pedals.
- are you the same general shoulder width as your dad? Sometimes when bars are too narrow for you, you have that same constricting feeling of not being able to get a full breath.
Just some thoughts...good luck
Last edited by Steelrider; 10-08-04 at 11:41 AM.