Subject: RE: "Guy" Pain while in Aero, help? Daremo - 2008-08-26 2:09 PM
I will repeat this again very bluntly .... at no point should you ever have your saddle below level. It doesn't matter if it is a tri bike or a road bike. The concept of fit and positioning is the same overall regardless. If you have to do that, your fit is wrong to begin with or even worse, the bike is the wrong size for what you are trying to do with it.
I've gone through fit training as well and while I know what you are saying, A degree or two to relieve pressure is not always a bad thing. Another peice of the puzzle is what type of bike is the OP on. Putting clipons on a roadie is in itself trying to do something with the fit of the bike that the bike isn't designed for. In this instance you may have to drop the nose of the saddle to make it work. If th OP is on a tri bike I'd have the saddle closer to level.
Back to the whole small change thing. One person suggested dropping the nose a half an inch. That is going to put a lot of strain on the back/shoulders/arms, just to keep from sliding off the saddle. A degree or two at the post is barely perceptible visually. |