I've followed this thread closely and I also re-read Peter White's fit guide. I still feel like bike fitting is dark magic, but here are some interesting findings.
Following Garth's comment: "Moving your saddle further back than your optimal position over the bottom bracket for the sake of more forward reach is "going the wrong direction" !" I decided to take the time to measure and compare my bikes's touch points. Garth, I think you nailed it! I normally just "shove my brooks all the way back" which is the standard advise I got. Yesterday, I found that the horizontal distance between my saddle and the pedals was a whopping 2" longer on my Gallop than on my Hunqapillar. I then pushed my saddle forward as far as I could go which got me very close to the horizontal distance between saddle and pedal that I wanted. I went for a quick ride - the Gallop is in the middle of a cockpit swap and I didn't have a shifter cable long enough, so it wasn't a full test ride - but I felt much more comfortable. I'll report more in the next few days, but I think the old advise to "shove my brooks all the way back" might not apply to the newer slacker, Riv geometries. Max On Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 8:23:45 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: > Shee-*IT.* I meant to say: He counseled shoving the saddle back and *lowering > it* while raising and shortening the stem. > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 6:09 PM Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> ... I ... complained to Grant that I felt that I was "losing the pedal >> stroke" over top dead center.* He counseled shoving the saddle back and >> raising* it while raising and shortening the stem. Pedaling Nirvana; >> comfort as well as power, not to mention handling back to normal >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/52e95ba1-5f16-4659-85c3-a6fe17b9a3a5n%40googlegroups.com.
