I've been enjoying my first Riv, a Roadini, since getting it in February. Just one thing I feel like I'm struggling with, saddle set back.
It's a size 57, I'm 5'11 and my PHB meant a 57 or 54 would work. It came with the setback seat post and that put me really far behind the BB compared to my other bikes, so I got a zero offset post and that helped things, but I'm still running my Brooks C17 pushed 3/4 of the way forward on the rails. Funny thing is my Salsa Fargo, which has a 73 degree ST angle, vs. 72 on the Roadini, running the same saddle, and less set back (also on a zero offset post). I can feel the difference when I'm pedaling; on the Fargo, my pedal stroke feels really good. On the Roadini it feels like the pedals are out in front and I'm over-using posterior chain in an unnatural pedal stroke. I measure setback on both bikes and the Fargo is coming out as saddle 5.5cm setback from BB, 7cm on the Roadini. Anyone else notice this? I may try pushing the saddle all the way forward on the rails, then maybe set post up a bit, but wanted to ask this question first. Thanks! -- 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/05c43784-a292-4958-90e1-b69ee46bfc8dn%40googlegroups.com.
