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Forum: Road Cycling
05-07-11, 07:24 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

It does take pressure off your IT and No, you're...

It does take pressure off your IT and No, you're not sitting on soft tissue, by that I mean your perineum. It used to be when I hit the 3 hour mark my sitbones hurt. It was because I wasn't sitting...
Forum: Road Cycling
05-07-11, 11:48 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Many thanks to those on this thread who...

Many thanks to those on this thread who contributed with good solid information and insight into some of the mysteries of bike fitting.

The video about lowering the bars has helped me a lot, I am...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-13-11, 08:01 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Yesterday's ride felt really dialed in. A quick...

Yesterday's ride felt really dialed in. A quick measure of the bar drop was 7 cm. Never thought I'd be comfortable with that much drop. Getting the saddle height/set-back good is finally where I...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-11-11, 07:58 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Excellent points, thanks. I'll be using a video...

Excellent points, thanks.
I'll be using a video to see how my posture is... I'm also curious about my leg extension, although I've tried using climbing a hill as a better gauge to saddle height than...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-09-11, 08:19 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

The bar drop concept is definitely working for...

The bar drop concept is definitely working for me. It has eliminated the shoulder/neck discomfort associated with road shock being caused by the turtle position.
Because I have the leg/back...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-03-11, 11:23 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

True. When you think the saddle needs to go back...

True. When you think the saddle needs to go back because there's too much weight on the hands, it just might be that the saddle needs to go forward and up and the bars need to be lowered? This is...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-02-11, 02:43 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Lowered bars

Took to the road the last 3 days with allen wrenchs and an open mind. I am now with a stem flipped down and lowered to a 6.75 cm bar drop (never thought this would be comfortable), saddle back 8.5...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-29-11, 07:59 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Hi, my name is ___ and I'm a position addict. ...

Hi, my name is ___ and I'm a position addict. Yep, I jacked with my Sunday position...badly...I put on the 120 stem, flipped it down, lowered all the way, came home, put on the steeper drop 110...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-27-11, 12:16 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

30 minutes into a ride I moved my seat back about...

30 minutes into a ride I moved my seat back about 2 mm, 45 minutes into the 3 hr 15 min ride I dropped my 110 mm stem down 2 cm and it felt great, especially on bumpy road, there was no transmission...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-27-11, 07:41 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Thanks for that post oldbobcat, great perspective...

Thanks for that post oldbobcat, great perspective and excellent description. It makes me think that I am heading in the direction with my own fit.
I'll have to experiment with rolling my pelvic...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-26-11, 06:04 PM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Hey rat fink, I like the concept of the video...

Hey rat fink, I like the concept of the video about sitting upright-weight bearing along with the back explanation and visualization. I like the second position, not sure how comfortable the third...
Forum: Road Cycling
03-26-11, 10:51 AM
Replies: 183
Views: 116,606
Posted By Trouble

Finally, a thread that talks about how to sit on...

Finally, a thread that talks about how to sit on the bike.
Like the OP, I have found comfort in sitting properly on the bike and like some others have mentioned, lowering the bars instead of raising...
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