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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
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Bikes: 1988 Bottecchia Professional (for Eroica), 2011 Ridley Noah ISP (retired), 2020 Soma Fog Cutter (daily commuter), 2021 Ridley Kanzo Adventure (gravel), 2022 Tideace Aero (main road bike).
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I always setup my bikes with the saddle nose angled very slightly upwards to prevent forward sliding - something around 2-3 degrees at most. This is after dialing-in the correct fore/aft adjustment. You don't want to go too high with the angle to prevent unwanted pressure points. Grab a carpenters level, make sure the bike is on a level surface. If the seat post has grooves in the mounting plate, I usually only go one click when angling the nose up from level.
Last edited by keithdunlop; 03-13-19 at 03:06 PM.