Hi Everyone, Asking for your collective advice / experience here.
I recently installed a Ron's Ortho bar on my Bombadil and haven't been able to dial the handlebar angle, reach and my overall posture to make it comfortable on my wrists while putting me in a position where I feel like I can put down enough power. For context, the 60cm Bombadil has a longer effective top tube than I'd normally choose (63 vs 59) so I thought the Ortho bar would be a perfect match. I initially installed it with a 135 Ritchey Force stem but ended up swapping it for a Nitto 120 (I might need to go even shorter!) Anyway, this morning was very windy and I felt like I was pedaling way too hard and barely moving so I stopped and tweaked some things: First I angled the bars a bit less aggressively since I had them really pointing down. I also rotated the ergo grips to match my natural wrist position for support. Then I lowered my saddle about 2cm and installed it pointing up a bit more than before. This got me wondering, are you supposed to lower the saddle when using sweptback bars? Since your position changes and you bend your upper body way less from when going from dropbars to more of a sitting position with sweptback bars. It definitely feels better with the lower saddle but I'm still not as comfortable on this bike as I'm on my 58 Hunqapillar with Jones H Loop bars. What else would you try? Should I try to get my saddle further back and my handlebars even closer with a shorter stem? higher handlebars? Are the orthos just too wide? This whole fit thing is an enigma to me and I would love your thoughts. Max -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea7b27a2-64fa-4836-80b7-a77d017a73d6n%40googlegroups.com.
