Uncomfortable position...

Right.
Having ridden my new bike for the last month or so, its becomign clear that its quite unconfortable.
there seems to be a lot of pressure on my shoulders/hands when riding, I though this may be down to saddle height, but its not too high, nor too low.
Ive played around with my seat angle too and that didnt help.
At the moment im running a 100mm stem with no drop on it, and some cinelli road bars.
Im going to swap to risers within a few weeks, do you think this will help? also I want a nitto njs stem (one of the tight angled one) would this help with the position and make t more confortable? or would it make it worse?

any tips and advice on tweaking stuff/changing stuff would be really great!
cheers

Oh and p.s im just over 6 foor and riding a 56cm c-c frame (not sure of TT length)
thanks again

risers wont help, try bullhorns or moustache bars.
the lack of available positions on the risers will be wosre in the long run.
if your putting pressure on your shoulders + hands you need to build up your core muscles.
the nitto will put the position even lower, and put more pressure on the shoulders and hands

Far to many factors to consider.
From your brief description I would have thought your frame is a couple of cms to small.
Cyclefit is one option or visit a few shops who offer a fitting service.
You will be getting plenty of opinions .......

lots of factors, but growup could be right. Your frame sounds a little small.
I had a similar problem with mine, i ended up getting a shorter stem with a rise on it that sorted it for me, although I think my frame is also a little small for me.

it's impossible to say, without seeing you sitting on the bike but try the basic bike fitting checks:

knee above pedal axle when crank is level (if your saddle is too far back, you'll be stretching to reach the bars and this will take weight off the saddle and onto the bars, increasing strain on the arms, hands and shoulders)

arms slightly bent when holding bars, you shouldn't be stretching to reach, arms locked out, or have your elbows sticking out, arms bent too much.

if your frame is too small, you may be able to get the saddle height right with seatpost raised, but unless you use a stem with a rise in it, you may find the bars too low. (I think this is your problem)

try raising the stem, if it's a quill. or flipping it up if it's Ahead.

your frame may also be too big, and stretching you - this will put a strain on your shoulders and may cause numbness in hands as blood flow is restricted - is it better or worse when you are on the hoods or have your hands on the top of the bars - ie not so far forward?

Hood position is ok although I only really use it for climbing..
Thanks for the advice.. Ill have a chat to the guys at work (bike shop) and see what they have to say.

I found this, then played around with saddle height, and changed my bars for different drops, and also got a decent set of cycling gloves, and it was all sorted, no more pain. Before it was unbearable and my palms (the ball of them) was so painfull I could not put any pressure on it.

oh yeah, and HTFU

Another option is to move saddle backwards and get a shorter stem, your weight will go more on legs and butt than on your arms.

oh yeah, and HTFU

that took a while

Another thing to add, it feels like im leaning too much forward... what could this be due to?

You should replace your torso

I'm not reading the rest, can;'t be arsed.
6ft on a 56cm? Frame is probably too small. What's the saddle to bar drop? Probably too much.
Raise the bars, buy a bigger frame, you might try a SLIGHT tilt of the saddle nose UP which stops you sliding forward and putting weight on the bars.. stressing shoulders, etc,

Another thing to add, it feels like im leaning too much forward... what could this be due to?

from leaning forward too much!

I think eyebrows is wrong, you have too much weight on your hands and not enough on your arse...short term: risers will help, it will give you a more upright position, therefore more weight on your behind..

56cm is very small for someone your size, get a 58 at least and consider your position as you build the bike.

there's some sort of formula that decised which percentage of your weight should be on your hands compared to your arse, but I think it's very personal...for me 30% on my hands 70% on my arse...that's a guess of course could be even less on my hands...but as I say everyone is different.

Another thing to add, it feels like im leaning too much forward... what could this be due to?

I recently built up a bike and was getting this.

It was a race frame from the 80s. 21.5" so should be fine for 5'8" me, with drops though I feel like there's so much weight on my arms shoulders that it just can't be an efficient riding position. It's fine now with bullbars but I find it odd since it's a race frame and technically I should be using it with drops. Makes me think lo-pros must be really uncomfy.

Road race frame? Road racing you spend most time on the hoods or the tops. You're only in the drops when you're smashing it into the wind and sprinting (breakaway, bridging gaps, primes, finish lines).
Don't think because you have drops you HAVE to ride in them

I think eyebrows is wrong, you have too much weight on your hands and not enough on your arse...short term: risers will help, it will give you a more upright position, therefore more weight on your behind..

56cm is very small for someone your size, get a 58 at least and consider your position as you build the bike.

there's some sort of formula that decised which percentage of your weight should be on your hands compared to your arse, but I think it's very personal...for me 30% on my hands 70% on my arse...that's a guess of course could be even less on my hands...but as I say everyone is different.

in the short run, yeah risers Might help, but in the long run they won't, and for any distance they won't.
also to have any effect they'd have to have a significant rise.

the best solution is to gain core muscle strength.

Yeah I need to do more of that kind of stuff in the gym, lay off the heavy lifting a bit..
this advice is very valuable to me, thanks!

Mate it seems like you are exactly the same height as me, I've got a 58cm road bike with a short stem and that feels far too big for me..........whereas my fixed gear bike is 56cm and feels much better, even if I do have a raised stem and seatpost. I think its because the toptube stretches me out to much for me on the 58cm, I guess its different for everybody!

Road race frame? Road racing you spend most time on the hoods or the tops. You're only in the drops when you're smashing it into the wind and sprinting (breakaway, bridging gaps, primes, finish lines).
Don't think because you have drops you HAVE to ride in them

I'm the opposite, in the drops for most of the time if i'm racing

Road race frame? Road racing you spend most time on the hoods or the tops. You're only in the drops when you're smashing it into the wind and sprinting (breakaway, bridging gaps, primes, finish lines).
Don't think because you have drops you HAVE to ride in them

what even when you is like racing ?

fgss hurts every which way for me. Unless I'm banging down the Holloway Road in an easterly direction, with the wind behind me. Sorry to not have anything more positive.

search on Youtube for bike fitting. There's some videos on there which should help you work out the relative positions of everything