How does my bike fit me?

[Heifzilla]

I think the problem may be that a hybrid does not put you in a very effecient riding position. Your position looks much too upright to me, so you are putting more pressure on your butt, and perhaps feet than you should be. Hybrids are not made for long distance riding, just slow jaunts around town. If you are enjoying cycling, maybe its time to upgrade to a road bike, with a professional fit.

Your wrists look too bent, probably the source of hand pain. Drop bars will give you more positions, which will also help, but perhaps some stem/bar adjustments on this bike could help. Have you measured your KOPs position? If you are sitting too far forward on the bike, you will be putting too much weight on your hands? The sandals you are wearing are not as supportive as real cycling shoes. 'Hot foot' can come from not spreading the pressure around correctly, so cycling shoes fitted with good aftermarket insoles may be in order, with some adjustment in cleat position and possibly cleat style (I like speedplay frogs).

I am enjoying cycling, but I need to wait to upgrade into anything. I have a tendency to zilla about stuff, spend tons of $$$ and get all new gear, etc., and then never do it again. DH would have a stroke if I did that again with a bike.

The longest distance I plan on right now is a 31 mile leg of a century ride in June. It's a "go at your own pace, stop and pet the cows" kind of thing (seriously, pet the cows...it's called the Udder Century, lmao) and my usual average ride is between 10-12 miles a day. A lot of it is on trails, though, as I live right across from a state park. Also, I live around a ton of lakes, and in BFI, so my road options are somewhat limited because there just aren't that many roads that cross or go around the lakes and everything is super spread out. For example, I'd love to commute to work. It's 10 miles. However, there are only 2 roads that I can take that go around the lakes. One is a semi-truck, state highway route that riding a bike on would pretty much be suicide, and the other is a little better but still a 45 mph highway. My riding options are limited. So I actually need a nice bike that would be able to handle trails as well as the road. I've only been riding this much for the past two and a half weeks. You gotta start somewhere, right? I think for the moment, my little hybrid is the best bet for me. I will get it fine tuned to the most comfortable point I can and see where things go from there. If I stick with this, DH won't have any problems with me looking into getting a new bike...bu t a few weeks of riding doesn't constitute sticking with it yet.

I have to tweak my new grips and bring them up more so I have that nice straight wrist, and the Keens seem to have helped immensely with the foot issues. I am also going to switch out my pedals to one of those big blocked BMX-type so I can have more contact area for my foot, and that should help, too.

You guys really have had some great suggestions