Shoulder pains in aero-position

Were you professionally (or even normal bike shop ability) fit to the bike after you purcahsed it?

Totally sounds like a fit issue to me.  Especially if the shop did not set you up properly on the bike.

If you were professionally fit, I would give it more time. I found that adding clip ons to my road bike was no problem at all, but adjusting to the tri bike took some time to get used to.

Also, I actually alter my bar position slightly for winter/indoor riding. What works for me on the road does not work for me on the trainer.

If you haven't been fitted for it, get fit!

Good luck

Do you have any pics you can post from the bike fit?

Ummmm, if you want to get more aggressive, you go smaller as long as you have the seatpost height to do it .........

What I mean by fit is did you actually sit on the bike on a trainer while pedaling and have seat, stem, angles adjusted to get you to the point where you felt comfotable.  Did they change stem lengths, bar lengths and saddle position to get you set up right.

It is one thing to get someone sized to a bike correctly to start with and another to have them actually set up on the bike so that they can ride it to their potential!  A good fit can take anywhere from a 1/2 hour to up to 2 + hours .........

Hey, I don't have pics but I will work on getting a friend with a digital camera over to get some up.

@Daremo - Yeah, I got the professional fitting, rode the bike on the trainer, they adjusted the seat, and they shortened the stem from 100 to 80.  It felt good when I was riding it at the shop, but I wasn't on it for very long.  And, they also told me getting the 56 would give me more potential to get more aggressive than the 54, so I don't know if that is wrong or not but that was just what they told me.  Also, I never rode the 54 on the trainer, only the 56, as they didn't have the 54 assembled yet.

I just got off the phone with them and the bike manager told me that it is probably me getting adjusted to being in the aero position and on the new bike.  He said that I should try about 2 or 3 45 minute rides on the trainer throughout the next week and if it's still bothering me then I should come back in for a refit and they can set me up on the 54 and see if that feels any better.  Thanks for the help so far.

Well, as a previous fitter, bike racer and coach ....... I would opine that in 99% of the cases, a smaller bike allows a more aggressive/aero position.  Maybe they know something I don't.

BUT ..... I agree with what the manager was saying based on the fact you were fit well it sounds like.  Give it a little time, perhaps make some tweaks as needed to see if there is any relief.  You are new to the position and it will take some getting used to.

As for "more aggressive" ..... there is little point in that unless you can somehow show that you can still produce your optimum power outputs in the more aggressive position.  There is a cost to benefit of being in an extreme aero position versus the power you put out in that position.