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Hard to tell with limited info but if it's too long for you, your arms will tend to lock out straight. This = pain.
Because you lose the natural shock absorbing from slightly bent arms and also have to force your arms out to reach the bars you will ache after a while.
Can you flip your stem over to lift the bars? Install shorter stem? Get new bike? Etc?[/quote]
i was totally locking out my arms before i did some adjusting. i think i still do it sometimes and this is defo part of the prob. would love another bike but spent a grip on this one! arghhhh!