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@Sveinung
I struggle with lower back pain on the bike. It is mainly provoked by pushing hard, but if/when it arises, I'll struggle with it for the rest of the trip, and I may feel it for days after.
When it happens, it feels like the muscles surrounding the point at which the spine connects to the bottom of the V formed by the hips become tonic/do not release/do not get enough bloodflow/have significant lactate build-up or something along those lines.
Standing up on ascents can help if I move my weight from side to side. But on longer rides, it gets stiffer and worse as time goes by, and can really ruin the fun.
I've been trying to lower my saddle, and will lower it further before my next ride tomorrow to test. But now I am at a point where lowering it much more seems to significantly affect my pedalling power.
Any tips?