I and others I've talked to have found that, sometimes, sliding your saddle back alleviates weight on your hands. Once again, see Peter Jon White's essay on bike fit.
Contrary to popular belief, sitting upright and close to a high bar is not always as comfortable as having the saddle shoved back, and having the bar sufficiently distant and sufficiently low relative to your saddle position. Read the PJW essay. Patrick "butt-back/low-bar comfortable, high-and-close uncomfortable" Moore On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 11:00 AM Andrew Nussbaum <[email protected]> wrote: > Any thoughts on the lateral position of the saddle? Should I move it > forward or back? > > On Thursday, January 2, 2020 at 10:42:43 AM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> What Tom said, plus you may find that what looks and feels almost >> comically up-tilted at first becomes the thing you like. I find the rear >> portion of a broken-in B17 to be as comfy as a couch, and with the saddle >> tilted way back so there isn't even a hint of sliding forward/down towards >> the bars. Rich @ Riv uses this position, and you can get a look at mine on >> my "eClem again" thread. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c825aa0d-e511-4497-8c67-b74d0c6ac9c9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/c825aa0d-e511-4497-8c67-b74d0c6ac9c9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgvxCS4rjq_vaosoRKrfGhg%2B5kYxpg0ZNJt9BgHJsadxZg%40mail.gmail.com.
