Riding slow on my road bike

I'm having some trouble with riding slow on my road bike. Which I usually do, when I'm riding with my girlfriend.
When I'm riding slow, I have to carry to much weight, since my pedals push my less upwards. This causes to much pressure on my hands and arms, and some saddle pain.

Does anybody have the same problems with riding slow? And what can I do about it? I have tried diffrent saddle and handlebar setups.

Get a hybrid?

work on your core strength, so you can hold your position and not just drop your weight on your hands and wrists

Get a hybrid?

Not much a fan of a hybrid, I also want to ride fast.

James is correct, planks and so forth are what will fix this.

work on your core strength, so you can hold your position and not just drop your weight on your hands and wrists

That could help, thanks for the advice. Did you also experienced these problems?

What James said. Learn/teach yourself to keep some extra pressure on the pedals when possible. Just need to concentrate on not completely resting your arse on the saddle - you'll be absorbing every single bump through your gooch if you're firmly planted on your seat anyway

posture can also help, what are your shoulders doing, where is your sternum going, what are you doing with your head?

when riding in the drops or on the hoods can you move your hands from your bars and maintain your position?

i have started teaching 1:1 yoga sessions for cyclists, concentrating on core strength, posture, flexibility, freedom of movement and deep release of overly used muscles. drop me a PM

What James said. Learn/teach yourself to keep some extra pressure on the pedals when possible. Just need to concentrate on not completely resting your arse on the saddle - you'll be absorbing every single bump through your gooch if you're firmly planted on your seat anyway

That's right. I am feeling every bump. On bad roads it's a hell to ride my bike.

posture can also help, what are your shoulders doing, where is your sternum going, what are you doing with your head?

when riding in the drops or on the hoods can you move your hands from your bars and maintain your position?

i have started teaching 1:1 yoga sessions for cyclists, concentrating on core strength, posture, flexibility, freedom of movement and deep release of overly used muscles. drop me a PM

I have no idea what my shoulders are doing. I think there are pretty stable. My hands are pretty straight when I'm riding slow. Which I know will transfer al the bumps on to my shoulders. Should have a light bend, which I have when I'm riding fast

My head is straight forward. I can move my hands and maintain my position.

Is this a common problem along cyclist?

yes, most cyclists have poor flexibility and core strength. this leads to poor posture (arched back, shoulders hunched forward) and how they carry their weight on the bike.

Use your legs like suspension and ease weight off the handlebars just as you go over any bumps/creases in the tarmac.
Don't really know what else to suggest. Your thighs can absorb/dissipate a huge amount of vibration and road noise that your bum and wrists won't cope with for long, if you use them right. Don't keep weight on your arms where possible because your wrists are far too fragile.

by gently engaging your core (if you have the control and proprioception) you can lessen the dead weight on your hands. this will then also allow your body to dissipate shocks more gently, so they are not concentrated in certain locations.

Use your legs like suspension and ease weight off the handlebars just as you go over any bumps/creases in the tarmac.
Don't really know what else to suggest. Your thighs can absorb/dissipate a huge amount of vibration and road noise that your bum and wrists won't cope with for long, if you use them right. Don't keep weight on your arms where possible because your wrists are far too fragile.

I use my legs as weight cariers when riding over big humps. I put one pedal down, and put my weight on my feet, and release the weight on my hands.

do some mountain biking, you should level your pedals going over rough terrain, not just lower one pedal

by gently engaging your core (if you have the control and proprioception) you can lessen the dead weight on your hands. this will then also allow your body to dissipate shocks more gently, so they are not concentrated in certain locations.

I will try to train my core, and put less weight on my hands. I have never had a very flexible and strong core, so it could be the key to solve the problem. I also couldn't find much information about this problem on the internet (maybe I'm searching worng). So thanks for the advice.

do some mountain biking, you should level your pedals going over rough terrain, not just lower one pedal

I will bear that in my mind!

I sympathyse.
When I taught my kids, I remenber my surprise at a sore bum, when 10 hours off roading wasn't a problem.
Being static with all my weight on the saddle was the obvious reason.

Look on the bright side, the more you ride with your girlfriend the faster she'll get.