I think that some of us are "princess and the pea" type riders and some of us arent. I can also tell 2-3mm in seatpost difference, so much that I use a nice permanent marker to mark out where i left it and what date so I can go back and see how it feels (I use a pencil for the stem), some of us are that anal. If you are one of those people go to the bike shop and have a fitting done, only you have to also be one of those forceful people who wont let them cram you into some uncomfortable position while telling you how comfortable it will "get". Remember you are paying for a service so just keep tweaking it until you get it right. Winter is a good time for this stuff since most shops are pretty slow and would welcome some side business. I use my fluid trainer and block at home to do adjustments, while my wife looks puzzlingly as I move the seat and stem around incrementally.
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:29 PM, pb <pbridge...@aol.com> wrote: > How can "shove the saddle all the way back" and "fist full of post" be > helpful fitting guides for a given individual on a given bike? Fist full > of post is a frame sizing guide, not a saddle adjustment tool, and shove > the saddle all the way back can't be more than a starting point for a > personalized fit, just as the evil and maligned "KOPS" is nothing but a > generalized starting point for a personalized fit. > > Sounds to me like you've gotta get some knowledgeable help getting your > saddle height and fore-aft set up -- for you. Then you can work on the > bars. > > As an aside -- I have stems of four or five different lengths lying > around, and every so often I'll change out a stem to try to make a little > tweak to an established set-up. When I'm in lousy shape, I ride with my > 7-degree stem flipped up; when I'm fitter, it gets turned over for less bar > height. I'll also tweak saddle position pretty regularly - I carry tools > with me to do that. But I'm down to saddle adjustments of 2-3 mm at a > time. Yes, I can feel those changes. > > pb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/tAvvRE5HVTYJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
