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My back is shagged beyond repair, so it's time to accept reality and raise the bars.
Today I fitted a steerer extender to my beloved Zaskar. It is like a tumor on the face of movie star.
I already have uncut steerer/45 degree stem/riser bars.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
Stretching?
Could try slamming it fully for a few weeks, then putting it right up. Kill or cure...
Longer forks?
"I already have uncut steerer/45 degree stem/riser bars"
Any pics?
How tall are you?
And how long/what size is the frame?
Also what length stem, how much layback in your seatpost and how far back is the saddle on the rails/saddle angle?
What about a taller bar? Like a DMR braced wingbar?
Simillar problem here, in that I couldnt get on with the riding position on my Inbred when running rigid forks. Fitting a 29er rigid fork helped a lot. Could even go 69er, but depends how much it upsets your head angle.
Another set of bars?
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try some bars with a big back sweep like a loop bar, ragley carnegies etc..
Double stem ! Now that is radical. Why didn't I think of that.
Braced wing-bar ? Holy cow, they weigh nearly 2 pounds - nearly as much as the fork. But thanks for the thought, they might be high enough.
In answer to James above:
How tall are you? 6'2", but with short torso / long legs (36" jeans)
And how long/what size is the frame? 20" Smaller would be shorter but I've got a load of seatpin showing as it is.
Also what length stem, how much layback in your seatpost and how far back is the saddle on the rails/saddle angle? 70mm stem, straight seatpin, saddle as far forward as poss. Can't think what else to do.
Don't want a longer fork, have perfect 100mm 68 degree setup, although going 69er would look pretty cool.
Hmm, I was going to suggest along the lines of what you've already done but ..
Really hard to give real advice over the internet on set up but the above set up sounds a bit odd, if i were you I would get a bike fit done mentioning your back problem. Too short and high can cause as many problems as it can solve, I raised and shorten my position ages ago due to a sore back/neck but a proper bike fit said to go more the other way, was a lot more comfortable. Was told a lot of people make this mistake, yes it does help some and does help on a bike for riding to the shops but less certain for one to ride up and down hills.
Does obviously depend on what suits you and riding style and nature of back problem but I would say Realmans advice is not that far off!
If you have long legs as you say, it seems odd that you need your saddle that far forward, might be worth even just getting that in the right place, maybe it is, but if it's not in the correct position then this will not help you back at all. Better to run a even shorter stem than try and shorten the reach via the saddle position. As I said hard to give any real advice over the internet, but I am not far off your dimensions and would be rather uncomfortable on the set up you describe above...but thats me and maybe it's right, just might be worth looking at it for a different point of view.