Hi Steve, when I had upright bars, I found a really tall/short Nitto Technomic (non-dlx) worked really well. You didn't say what kind of stem you have, but maybe try that first???
DE On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 9:14 AM, Steve Schermerhorn < [email protected]> wrote: > I've been riding my 58 riv mixte for the past 2 years, trying various > setups, trying to get it nicely dialed in. > To me, the main focus of the mixte is a comfortable ride. If I want to go > faster (or carry lots of stuff), I have other bikes. > > When I'm riding the mixte in a fully upright position, the pedals feel too > far back; I keep feeling like I want the pedals more forward (e.g. > semi-recumbent). > When riding in a more forward position, the pedals are in the "right" > position, but then the comfort on the bars is minimized somewhat. > Stem is a 12 > Albatross bars > Crystal Fellow seat post and a Velo Orange Mod 8 saddle, shoved all the way > back. (I started with a Brooks B33, and the back of my legs did NOT like > this saddle at all. The VO8, while the springs are a little noisy, is very > comfortably shaped.) > > I have been thinking about swapping the 12 stem for a much shorter (8?) > stem, > and swapping the Crystal Fellow with a post that will place the saddle at > least 4cm further back. > > Will I likely gain comfort in the upright position? Will I lose the > advantages I'm enjoying in my forward position? > > Any comments/experience on this is welcome. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
