To the original poster: Please show us a photo of your Roadini in profile. It would be interesting to see the position of the bar. I expect it’s already quite high, since you ride mostly in the hooks.
For the record: I recently once again experienced how *raising* the saddle slightly, thus increasing height difference between saddle and bar, can *reduce* pressure on hands and arms, leaving the bar in the same place. I did this on a geometrical clone of a Riv road custom, which felt just a wee bit too stretched out, and as leaving to my hands the task of holding up my torso; just a wee bit, mind. I raised the saddle about 5 mm; and low and bihowld, yes, it did seem to pass the task back to the proper torso muscles. I rode this bike the other day after this very small change, and it did feel much close to the feel of that benchmark 1999 Riv road custom that I often bore everyone about. On Sat, Mar 21, 2026 at 8:19 AM [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried raising your bars slightly? The last time I had this issue > raising the bars to take a little pressure off my hands solved the problem. > I do wear gel gloves for longer rides, and do think they help. Interesting > that your bike fitter hated the Roadini. > Randy in WI > Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtLf-8wFZq1FbPFq4Wec7pvKzGpZW-VY5avXj-e%3DMD0Ow%40mail.gmail.com.
