Quote Originally Posted by mimitabby
Rebeccah,
sounds like you are making great progress. But please don't ride when you
are too tired to hold your head up! that sounds really scary!
glad your seat issues are taken care of. Any way you can raise those handlebars?
I guess that's a really personal thing. I'm 54 and a little stiffer and There's no way I could have the handlebars that low (the tops of them i mean)

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Hi, Mimitabby -
I'm sure I can raise the handlebars some, but I can already feel changes to my preferred riding position on the hybrid just with the small amount of riding I've done so far. So, I'm going to hold off for now. I need to get back on the road bike again with my latest changes to the seat position and see how that feels. I think a big part of the problem was that was my first ride in 6 years and my butt hurt so much after just a couple of miles that that was pretty much all I could think of.

As for scarey, it really wasn't. I *could* pick up my head, I just noticed towards the end of the ride that I *wasn't* doing so. Now, trying to ride in my old neighborhood without really being able to easily look around, *that* was scarey (and is why I hadn't ridden in 6 years). Steep hills, heavy city traffic, and angle parking with lots of trunover.

Rebeccah