-bu...@googlegroups.com]on Behalf Of Rene Sterental
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 5:14 PM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Was San Marcos - Now Seats Forward on Rivendells
Steve,
My experience mirrors yours, in that to avoid hand pain, I was going with
extreme
I wrote:
...My saddle ended up 4-5cm further forward, a couple of millimeters lower, and
with my bars a bit further forward and lowered a couple of cm's. He showed me
how my back now described an arc like a suspension bridge and that the watt
meter showed I was pedaling the same speed at a
On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 08:52 -0500, Frederick, Steve wrote:
Hi Rene,
It was counterintuitive to me but lowering the bars a little in
conjunction with moving my saddle forward actually helped my hand
pain. Now, when the bars are level with the saddle, it feels as
though they are pushing
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
Bike fitting is a complicated subject, and many of the important
variables are not considered in typical fitting sessions.
In general hard-pedaling lightweight riders will prefer the saddle
forward
Of PATRICK MOORE
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:50 AM
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Was San Marcos - Now Seats Forward on Rivendells
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery
thill@gmail.com wrote:
Bike fitting is a complicated subject
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:13 AM, Frederick, Steve frede...@mail.lib.msu.edu
wrote:
My saddle ended up 4-5cm further forward, a couple of millimeters lower,
and with my bars a bit further forward and lowered a couple of cm's. He
showed me how my back now described an arc like a suspension
Steve,
My experience mirrors yours, in that to avoid hand pain, I was going with
extreme setback seatposts and pushing my saddles back on all except for my
MTB. The hands felt fine, but the knees hurt and I couldn't really push
hard. A Specialized video fit ended up pushing me forward by about
On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 14:14 -0800, Rene Sterental wrote:
Steve,
My experience mirrors yours, in that to avoid hand pain, I was going
with extreme setback seatposts and pushing my saddles back on all
except for my MTB. The hands felt fine, but the knees hurt and I
couldn't really push hard.
Y'all should read what PJW has to say on bike fitting:
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/fitting.htm
Quoting at nauseous length:
The Fore-Aft Saddle Position
Now we get to what I think is the most important part of fitting a bicycle,
the fore-aft position of the saddle. Once you get this right,
