Alpinerabbit...

try refitting yourself with the help of info you can find here and on the 'net...


This can be fixed to an extent:

If you want your handlebars closer to you - you likely do not need a shorter stem, instead one that has a steeper angle. I thought the same (my hands got numb) and ended up getting a 25° instead of 17° angle stem, after LBS showed me the geometry of it.

Thanks for the fit advice--will keep working. I woud have never thought I would have so much to work out riding my bike. Makes my brain spin way faster than my wheels on my bike! Geez, things sure have changed from the last time I rode consistenly until I refound the bike...umm, let's see at that age my biggest worry was how not to have my pet cat jump out of the basket on my handlebars while riding! Poor cat, not sure how he survived the ride! Thx