Neck Pain

[Dogmama]

Changing the seat position (up/down) wouldn't affect my neck, would it?

Sure it would. If you move your seat up, you have to crane your neck up while you're riding. Keeping your handlebars slightly above the seat could help.

I'd change just one thing at a time. Try out your new handlebars first. Give them several rides & be sure that your neck & shoulders are rested between rides.

[greycoral]

my legs are at the perfect position now, I'd hate to mess that up too. the adjustment he made was very slight, but can't remember if it was up or down.

[Misandal]

I had neck/shoulder pain recently and there were two things that remedied it. The issues I had were 1) I felt like my shoulders were being pushed up to my ears and 2) I felt like my shoulder blades were being pushed out through my back. The first remedy was putting one spacer above my stem, dropping it just 5mm. That relieved the "pushed up to my ears" feeling. The second remedy was to make my hoods a tad more level because they were turned slightly upward. I slightly - very slightly - rolled the handlebars away from me, bringing the hoods to level, and that completely took the pressure off my back. These were both small adjustments that made a huge difference in my comfort.

[greycoral]

awesome! I'm going out for a test ride later this afternoon with all my tools to make adjustments as needed.