Best way to shorten my cockpit
07-21-18, 02:27 PM
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So 'everyone' agrees not to move the saddle forward to change bike fit, yet practically every frame manufacturer steepens the seat tube (moves the saddle forward) as their frame sizes get smaller, including Cannondale with the Synapse. What gives?
Asking rhetorically, of course
Asking rhetorically, of course
07-21-18, 02:43 PM
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Proportionally shorter, though, right? Which would mean that there should be some magical, one-size-fits-all, seat tube angle that gets nearly everyone in the right position relative to the crank (Cervelo at least used to preach exactly this BTW, and still might). The saddle is already coming forward due to its lower height for a shorter cyclist.
07-21-18, 02:54 PM
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in the interests of closure, here is my solution: Sparrow bars, by Soma. More aggressive than riding on the hoods; less aggressive than riding in the drops. Less variety of positions, for relief on long rides; less potential to tuck in out of the wind. Eventually I may swap the XC shifter and RD to Ultegra, but it actually works very nice, if not as quiet.
But for me, with some gnarly cervical vertibrae, that can cause my arms to go numb when I really tuck in, a very comfortable compromise.
But for me, with some gnarly cervical vertibrae, that can cause my arms to go numb when I really tuck in, a very comfortable compromise.
07-21-18, 08:09 PM
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in the interests of closure, here is my solution: Sparrow bars, by Soma. More aggressive than riding on the hoods; less aggressive than riding in the drops. Less variety of positions, for relief on long rides; less potential to tuck in out of the wind. Eventually I may swap the XC shifter and RD to Ultegra, but it actually works very nice, if not as quiet.
But for me, with some gnarly cervical vertibrae, that can cause my arms to go numb when I really tuck in, a very comfortable compromise.
But for me, with some gnarly cervical vertibrae, that can cause my arms to go numb when I really tuck in, a very comfortable compromise.
However, I really like your solution!! I've had similar bars on a hybrid, and it is very comfortable!! I bet the comfort of that on a Cannondale frame is out of this world!
07-22-18, 08:29 AM
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Changing the seat tube angle is no different than sliding the saddle forward on the rails or using a non-offset post in terms of the change in center of gravity.
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