aching arms/shoulders

[Stewart H]

I used to get a real sharp pain at the base of my neck between my shoulder blades on a longer ride. I get exactly the same pain when I paddle my canoe (open boat, single paddle) so I guess I have some sort of posture / possibly physiological issue (or I need a longer paddle...).

However for me, bar risers (1" up, 3/4" back) have completely fixed the bike riding pain (can't really use them with a canoe paddle ) - they remove my natural tendency to stoop and make it easier to ride with more of a straight backed posture.

Of course we're all different, but at £20 odd it was worth the experiment and worked for me.

My experience is the same

 

[alanbmwgs]

Real Pain

I used to get a right PAIN in the neck and my bottom, and i found a quick solution was to get a divorce!!!!!!!!!! lol

 

[Wrigsby1]

I used to get a right PAIN in the neck and my bottom, and i found a quick solution was to get a divorce!!!!!!!!!! lol

Great recent eBay ad for a Guzzi.... "apart from a load whining from the rear of bike "whhhy did you get rid of the other bike!"..."

 

[raginmund]

My experience is the same

Me too. A £20 set from Jaws stopped that knife-between-the-shoulder-blades pain when on long trips.