Originally Posted by
elcruxio
And before anyone gets funny ideas about 'weakness' or 'lack of resolve', Eddy Merckx was notoriously fiddly with his fit and would adjust his seat height during a race whilst riding. And we all know he was not a weak rider. But he wasn't a macro absorber. He was a micro adjuster
If memory serves, which as I've gotten older, it has been less willing to do...
Wait, what were we talking about? <looks back at thread>
... Oh, yeah, Eddy Merckx. Bike adjustments. Right.
Anyhow, Eddy had a really, really bad accident on the track. Derny driver was killed, Eddy was seriously and permanently injured. His constant fiddling with his bike fit started after the crash, and was about pain relief rather than "bike fit" as we usually think about it. He was in constant pain for the rest of his career, and making tiny, otherwise-inconsequential changes to saddle, stem, and bars would change the pain. Not make it go away, but move it around his body, change the intensity, etc. Then, after a while, he'd have to do it again.
--Shannon