Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
Also, your seatpost is most likely a setback, which puts you back about an inch further than a straight seatpost. Changing that will help bring you closer to the handlebars and put less pressure on your wrists, shoulders, and neck. .
You should NOT change your seat position to make up for reach. You'll just end up moving the problem to your legs. If a bike shop tries to do this and they are not looking for knee/ball of foot/pedal alignment run away. Different seat posts allow you to get the proper position relative to the *crank* for optimal power to the cranks and to prevent injury to your knees, etc.

If you can't adjust reach from the correct saddle position using stem and bar swaps the bike doesn't fit you.

Otherwise Sundial's post about small changes being able to make a big difference is very true.