Sundial, good points. Here's my answers as I sit here with shooting pains from my crotch

1. No pain in the neck, back or shoulders. I had a shorter stem put on at the beginning of the season. I have a trek 2100 wsd and I have short arms. That has never been a problem.

2. I've never gone numb - just pain since the century. The dolce does have a cutout and I have it on all 3 of my bikes so I wouldn't think that is a primary issue. And I did do the butt-o-meter at the lbs to make sure it was the right fit .

3. The PI's did right by me on my century so I wouldn't think a metric would be a problem although a slightly thinner chamois would be nice.

SK - I changed the fore but it caused very sore thighs with every ride so I put it back. I think because I was so uncomfortable on Sunday I shifted around a lot which probably made things worse. And no - no undies here. I LOVE riding commando .

I think I need to shoot for the fit I had for my century. I'm pretty sure the problem is coming from the last bike "fitting" from Wheel and Sprocket in Appleton.