Originally Posted by
Kapusta
Yep. TicTac’s bike is not even close to that TT setup. The fact that he thinks it is speaks volumes to how little he understands it.
TT bikes have steep STAs. TicTac has done exactly the opposite and shoved his saddle all the way back on a setback seat post.
And why would one even post a TT race pic in a thread on non-competitive riding? Does he think those guys ride bikes like that when they are not racing or training?
It's fairly bizarre. If he isn't a troll, he's a fantasist with zero clue who is deeply entrenched in his incorrect views and won't be swayed - best not to engage directly with him and let the thread die. If he was asking for genuine advice / critique to be debated then, yes, ok, a worthwhile discussion to see where improvements can be made to the bikes he owns etc but to try and come across as someone who thinks he is an expert when he clearly isn't is just trolling.
I'm betting he has no personal experience of racing, let alone where the real speed is at a Cat 1 / Pro level unlike some of us here and so he hasn't got first-hand knowledge of what does or doesn't make real differences when racing and training.
He likes speed, great, hope he enjoys it, but he's never raced 100+miles / 160+km at circa 25mph/40km/h average on lumpy terrain. Nor has he done truly fast TT's and nor has he raced at a high level on a Velodrome. If he had that ability, if he had access to various bikes and coaching staff monitoring his bike fit, positioning, his times, if he had access to tech to see where he could find improvements to his performance etc, he wouldn't be posting images of those ridiculous setups for his road bikes because he would know better.
If he wants a more general peer review of his setup, he ought to submit his bike and views to the GCN app in the Hack vs Bodge section or even just the bike section so we can all have a laugh at the comments. Alternatively, he can stop dicking about with daft theory and go and get a proper bike fit and truly learn what changes he can make to both himself and bike for greater speed over the route he wants gains on.
