Fit help for a newbie...

I'm guessing those pics are static ?

You probably angle your foot differently when you pedal. You knee angle is a little open but I bet that's because the pic is static

A video would be more telling


Edited by marcag 2016-06-30 8:26 PM

Double post

Edited by wowst12 2016-06-30 8:33 PM

True, here's a video
https://youtu.be/5OHYkXTGdHs

I would experiment with got forward with the seat, down and a bit forward in front. You are much better than many.

Can you please elaborate on this?

Move post down
move saddle forward

What do you mean by down and a bit forward in front?

The idea is to rotate your entire body counter clockwise (from the non drive side), around the bottom bracket.

So your seat goes slightly forward (maybe a bit up to preserve seat height). Your pads go forward and a bit down. As I said, take the pic, rotate it counter clockwise around the BB. All your angles of your body are preserved. You are just riding steeper and lower in front.

You seem to be far enough back that you can do this. Not sure, pictures are not ideal. At one point going too far forward can cause other problems, such as power production.

Your bike seems to have the ability to go lower in front by removing a few spacers.
Whether moving forward in the front or not is not clear. Not sure your pad or extensions allow this or if it's needed. That you would have to experiment with

ME, because of my position, I can move the equivalent of 5cm forward for 3cm down and 3cm forward. OR part of that, for example 2.5/1.5/1.5.

I am not saying this would be a better fit, I'm saying I would try it to see if I can get lower in front, as comfortable and not compromise power production.

I would get an app on an iphone or ipad and measure angles. I would be very methodical in measuring everything before and after

Not that I'm a tt bike expert. I am STILL playing with my position. I feel like I am irritating my LBS lol
But couldn't he flip the stem to more negative without changing seat position to start with?

Sure he can. BUT, all he is doing is going down in the front, closing his hip angle. At one point you will compromise power production.

A closed hip is one of the reasons people produce less watts on their tri bike.

FYI, theoretically, removing spacers is more aero that flipping stems. Theoretically

It's actually a pretty good fit. You're a little tall in front, but not extremely so. If you're not very flexible and/or you race longer distances, I would keep it the way it is. If you're only doing sprint and TT's, then it would be beneficial to drop the front slightly, move forward slightly. Otherwise, keep it.

Why I brought up that point, because I'm in the same spot as the OP playing with position. I'm sure many can atest to this, when a tt position is new for you ....you're constantly asking yourself " should I this feel this way...should my triceps be working this hard to balance me, how often is too often when fixing myself back on the saddle.....are my hips open TOO much.....should I decrease angle in the saddle, should I go wider/narrow my pads, etc etc etc"

You're making me consider taking out my remaining spacers instead of flipping the stem back down

Edited by Hydark 2016-07-01 7:52 AM

I agree, I definitely have 1-2cm of spacers there, however I'm concerned about comfort for longer races. As it is my neck is kinda sore this morning. Im also concerned about lack of control with going lower via stem flip not to mention having my knee hit my chest