How long until you change something that hurts?

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I’ve been playing around with my bike position. Raising and lowering the bars, and moving the saddle back and forth. I’ve been doing this for a week or so, comparing power numbers and stuff like that (on the trainer). At first, I had some soreness in both knees, nothing major, they were just kind of tight. I attributed that to the new position. But after moving my saddle forward 2 cm and the bars down 2cm, I now have more pain in my left achilles tendon. Today I raised the bars 1 cm, but the pain is still there.
It doesn’t hurt while riding, that feels fine, but afterwards it definitely hurts.

So how long do you stick to something that hurts a bit? I definitely want to find out if it’s actually hurting me, or if it’s just my body adapting. Sadly, I haven’t noticed any real power differences in any of the positions, so I may just go back to the old one until I can get to a fitter.

What do you think?
-C

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uhm, a good fit doesn’t hurt.

how about going to someone to get it right, instead of guessing and experiencing pain (read: hurting yourself)?

the money you’d spend getting a good fit would be a drop in the bucket in comparison to an inevitable doctor and physical therapy bill. let alone feeling pain.

if it fits, it shouldn’t hurt. I spent all last year trying to make my entry level bike feel better. got a new bike and it was a glove from the first moment. again, a good fit doesn’t hurt.

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kitty

how are you feeling - hopefully rested and better than last week?