I recently had my road bike converted for use with aero bars for my first IM in August. I wanted to aero bars solely in hopes of being more comfortable on the long ride. The fit took two hours or so, and the person who fit me has good experience I believe.

One of the most major changes that was made was my seat was raised pretty significantly, as it was apparently way too low. My seat was also moved forward. It felt OK during the fitting but when I got the bike home for a real ride on the trainer within 25 min or so my FEET hurt...... badly. Thought it was odd. All I could think to do was lower the seat, which I did. This helped a bit. Now, I also feel uncomfortable in my saddle while on the aero bars as I feel like I'm either sitting back on the saddle and a bit too stretched...or I sit up in the saddle and basically have the tip of the saddle resting in my crotch, which is really no fun. My neck also gets tired, etc. - especially when keeping my head high to watch my TV which is elevated a bit - but I am guessing that is normal and I just need to suck it up there and get used to it.

My only goal is/was to be more comfortable, and now I am anything but. The whole setup just feels too aggressive for me. I'm a BOP guy basically among this crowd. I am a bit nervous as for the first time ever I am dreading getting on the bike....5 months before go time. I went from being able to ride my road bike for 2-3 hours comfortably (granted not the 6-7 hours it will likely take me to finish the IM bike leg) to being uncomfortable after 30-40 min on the bike and I'm hard-pressed to stay on the bike for much than an hour.

I am hoping for some feedback on whether you believe it make sense to take it to someone else, take it back to the same person, or keep tweaking it myself and keep working on getting used to the new setup? Raise my bars up a bit? Any other feedback would be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone in advance.