Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
[...] One thing to try is to pull your rear wheel back in the dropouts -- I like to line up the rear axle with the seat stay, and can see that your wheel is ahead of that.
Genius!
This will be tried immediately. The looong Campy dropouts mean I might be able to make a real difference this way -- I've got more than 2cm (maybe even 3) available behind the current position.
Thanks to all who replied. You gave me at least a couple of things to consider now that I may not have otherwise.
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