I'm having some trouble with my right elbow while I'm on the road. I don't go on very long rides (I am up to ~20miles give or take depending on the ride). The rides are fairly hilly. Mostly up or down, not a lot of flat (N. Ga).

I don't feel any muscle soreness/tenseness in my shoulders or my arms and I do not grip my handlebars too tightly (as my husband tells me I am everytime I ask him about the elbow issue). I know this because most of the time my fingers are just relaxed and I'm not even gripping at my hoods at all. I don't go in my drops but I do alternate between the straight part and my hoods. I shake my hands out and I wear gloves. It is only my right elbow.

It was so painful on my last ride I could not even bend my right arm to stretch it out. It hurts in the groove between the bony parts.

Am I leaning too much on my arms? I don't feel this way on my MTB at all and I have no problem with my arms on it.

Is it a fit problem? Form problem? Everytime I ask my husband, or his brothers (all 3 are roadies) they pretty much tell me it has to be form since I'm a beginner, I must be too tense, it must be me gripping the handlebars too tightly. (They may very well be right, they are all very experienced, just looking for another POV) But I think I'd have some muscle soreness/tightness if I was too tense. I relax my elbows and my hands (I am also a longtime horseback rider... tense=bad on a horse!).

So long story short, any other experiences with unilateral elbow pain and what could it be?