Feeling like I'm a little hunched over. Hands are always falling asleep, but not really any back pain.
Anything helps thanks y'all!
by Hanky_Pank2
Feeling like I'm a little hunched over. Hands are always falling asleep, but not really any back pain.
Anything helps thanks y'all!
by Hanky_Pank2
27 Comments
Your Seattle looks a bit high, try lowering it like 2cm.
If your hands fall asleep try altering the placement of the hoods by turning them inwards a tiny bit, might help
Seat is definitely too high
Get a professional bike fitting. It’s a game changer!
It’s hard to tell how long your stem is but you could swap it for something shorter if you feel like you are hunched and stretched
Impossible to adequately judge bike fit from a short video at an angle. Get a professional bike fitting.
That said, your saddle is definitely too high.
As others have said, try lowering the saddle. If it persists, try a shorter stem or possibly one with a raise. Tilting the bar a bit upwards can also fix the Hand issues of your hand was gripping into a valley in the hoods too much.
But additionally to the hands, i think your back is curved a bit too much, try straightening it out by pushing the stomach forward and the ass back. This will likely make you feel some error of the saddle position or tilt which originally lead to this protective posture. I would guess that your seat is tilted a tiny bit too much to the rear, which can lead to this posture. Also check if your are sitting in the middle of the saddle or moving forward or backwards on it too much.
Need to be able to drop the heels and keep feet parallel at bottom of pedal stroke. Looks like seats way too high for that!
Saddle is too high, and that’s causing you to have to rotate your pelvis forwards which is why you look like you’re falling off the front of the bike, and will be causing the numb hands.
Once the saddle is lower the saddle to bar drop will also be lower, give it a couple hundred miles and then revaluate things like stem angle/length, handlebar reach/width and control position if issues persist.
Stem first, experiment with whether you like it nearer, higher or both. From there, there’s a good chance the handlebars could be made narrower (which also effectively reduces reach) and you could also experiment with bar flare/hood angle.
Saddle too high, stem too long, get a bike fit.
go see a professional fitter ?
Drop the saddle a little bit, might go back a hair. Your rear tire looks a little soft
Lower saddle, lower bars. Possibly tilt the hoods inwards slightly…or maybe narrower bars…or both. I would also suggest moving the saddle back slightly to relieve some of the pressure on your hands.
You could rotate you handlebar up so the drops are slightly less than parallel and lower your seat significantly. Def looks like you’re reaching.
Like everyone else said your saddle is way too high. I would just fix that first and ride for a while as it will have a cascade affect on a lot of other aspects of your fit.
Drop it about 20 to 25mm and ride for a bit. You should be able to feel your hamstrings engauge and like your knee has control all the way through the bottom of the pedal stroke with a nice even push top to bottom. Raise the saddle in 2 or 3mm incriments until it feels like you’re losing that level of control in the pedal stroke.
Road Cycling Academy on youtube has a ton of great bike fitting videos from Neil. A pro bike fitter and physical therapist.
Fit is busted, no major labels, baggy gray tee?
Get some balenciaga bike shoes, and a lot more lycra going.
Oh you mean the bike sizing? Looks fine.
Nice Crux, welcome to the club.
The numbness in your hands is from pressure. Pressure is caused by a combination of too much drop between seat height and bar height and/or too much reach/extension out to your hoods.
The good news is your seat does look too high. And lowering it gets you closer to the hoods. I’d lower it and play with fore and aft on your saddle (I’d go forward before I went back) If you have any knee discomfort we went too far forward.
I bet that’ll feel better but still numb on longer rides. I think you need a stem with 7 to 12 degrees of rise but perhaps not.
First adjustment being seat height should not be the case if your main complaint is your hands. Stem length/handlebar height are more appropriate changes to see if this alleviates some/all of your symptoms. You can try shorter stem or slightly higher handlebars as starting point- simple/cheap to attempt.
Agree with other comments- a skilled bike fit will provide you the most insight.
Your bike seems slightly too small but your seat height is too high.
As others said, get a professional fit it will change you.
Another vote for you to just go get a bike fit. Its definitely worth your money!
Not sure where you live/what your insurance is like, but I was able to get a bike fit covered by my health insurance because I had been having persistent back pain and riding was making it worse & my bike fit was done by a PT in my area who does bike fits. You might be able to get it covered because of your nerve pain, couldn’t hurt to see if you have a bike-fitting PT in your area & reach out to them.
Appreciate the help here folks, thanks a bunch 🍻
Yes, you should get one.
Yes, you should get one.
It looks small to me (just the raw eyeball test of size of rider vs. size of bike). Your butt appears to off the back of the saddle to compensate. Your arms and torso look fairly tilted forward (like too long in TT), but I would guess you wouldn’t be so butt aft on the saddle if the frame were a touch larger. As the others have said there’s excellent value in a fit
Maybe a shorter stem. I’d like to see a little more end in the elbows. CRUX has a fairly long cockpit.
Saddle needs to drop down, seat needs to come forward. You’re also rotating your pelvis backwards, which means you’re probably having pressure issues with the saddle so I’d try something like a selle SMP. Your bars are probably in about the right spot in terms of stack and reach