ah thanks for the info kris, I will check how my lever position is on the real wheel, I do believe it is quite parallel tot the ground after I changed it this afternoon. But i noticed that my hand cramps up even if i don't have my hand hand on the lever, its is my left (front brake) hand btw, my right hand never really cramps up While hopping up some stairs (this always gives me the most cramp in my hand) that my grips were slipping sometimes, I will hairspray them soon so they wont slip as easy and see if that helps. As for the foot cramping, I have placed the top of my foot on the pedal some more and that definatly helped In combination with some new shoes, most of the foot cramp shoudl be gone I have ridden for 3.5 hours today and my hands are aching quite bad, I hope this means that the muscles in my hands are growing stronger