Re: [RBW] 26.8 seatposts with generous setback

[Leah Peterson]

I think there is merit to getting a longer stem to alleviate the feeling of needing more space in the bar area. I would have gladly tried this over the ugly IRD seat post, but I have the extra tall Nitto stem that maxes out at 10 cm, which I have. I wish they made a 12, but alas. So, the seat post is what I got and it seems to be working - there were kinks to work out. That post, where it clamps onto my Rivet saddle, made the most annoying sets of clicks. It sounded like the drivetrain, which is beyond my scope of practice, so I hauled it in. Totally stumped the bike shop, too, and then they finally found the issue. They lubed or greased or something and now it’s silent, just like I like it. On Jun 24, 2023, at 3:49 PM, lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: Then there are also those with really, really long torsos, that need a long stem and lots of setback on the seatpost; or a custom frame. Also remember that a Brooks saddle sometimes needs a longer setback seatpost to put you in the same location relative to the pedals as another type of saddle on a normal seatpost; no longer stem will help that. Laing  On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 3:22:38 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: + another for Garth's point (and many others make it too, including PJW in his very good article on bike fitting) that you first set up your saddle in relation to the cranks in order to get both good "balance" (with sufficient setback that your torso muscles support the torso's weight, and so that this support is not left to hands and arms and shoulders), and good power or torque on the pedals (too far forward and you lose power, IME -- Grant cured me of an all-the-way forward saddle, long story, by saying, "move your saddle back and down"). And of course all rules are merely starting points. No setback seatposts make sense on a bike like this; you even see seatposts with forward "setback" or perhaps "set-forward," but look at those seat tube angles! On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:24 PM Richard Rose <rmro...@gmail.com> wrote: Perhaps another bit of information to muddy the waters is the Analog Cycles perspective that straight (no setback) seatposts make no sense, except for frames (like theirs) that have relatively slack seat tubes. Like our Riv’s. Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/CTSidI0_ha8/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/75c24a90-9cd3-44f7-a409-57420167f80bn%40googlegroups.com. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/10E5B2F7-ACB0-42C8-849F-0BB1F5F0702E%40gmail.com.