I am with Patrick, if you need really upright just get a super short 8cm tech delux stem and bosco bars, you can get the bars about 6 inches over the saddle that way. Now that might lead to a whole different host of issues for some people so YMMV.
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamontg...@mac.com> wrote: > I am so sorry to hear that, Cecily! That's no fun at all. > > It would help to have a side photo of your current setup and if you know > what stem and bars you have to share that. But an initial response is the > Bosco bars come way back and very high, so if your stem is a 25.4 (and it > is if you have Albatross bars), then it's an easy swap. IF that's not high > or back enough then the most extreme I know of would be to switch to a dirt > drop stem with Boscos. > > How sure are you it's the bike rather than other things that simply show > themselves on the bike (if that question makes sense?)? > > With abandon, > Patrick > > > On Friday, May 16, 2014 3:07:43 PM UTC-6, Cecily Walker wrote: >> >> I've written about my pain issues before, and unfortunately things have >> gotten worse on that front, to the point that I can barely ride my Betty >> Foy anymore. >> >> My bike is my car - it isn't just something I ride for fun - so putting >> it away for awhile isn't really an option, not if I want to keep my job. I >> don't recall having this much pain in my knees, wrists, or hips when I rode >> an upright Dutch bike, but pain is a constant companion on my Betty Foy. >> >> I'm hoping you folk might have some suggestions for me. Would a longer >> stem and different handlebars help? What about a different saddle? I know >> she'll never be a fully upright bike, but is there anything I can do to >> bring the handlebars closer and higher so I'm not putting as much strain on >> knees, hips, and hands? I'm desperate - I really don't want to have to sell >> this bike. >> >> Thanks, >> Cecily >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
