There are so many variables that this remark is no more than a guess, but here it is in case it’s useful:
You said “pedaling way too hard and barely moving,” and asked about saddle setback. I learned long ago that I need sufficient saddle setback (with respect to bottom bracket; I measure with plumbline from nose of saddle to center of crank spindle) in order to make enough torque and avoid feeling that I am “losing the pedal stroke at top dead center.” I went from a too-forward saddle to a shoved-back saddle — your own adjustment would depend on your particular fit and pedaling style — and found that pedaling seemed much more efficient and felt much more natural. Once you get your saddle in the right place, then you are ready to readjust your bar as required. Again, FWIW. And as always, Peter Jon White at Peter White Cycles has a very good article on bike fit (starting with saddle position) buried somewhere among the pages. Good luck, and let us know what happens. On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 11:14 AM maxcr <max.faingezi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Asking for your collective advice / experience here. > > I recently installed a Ron's Ortho bar on my Bombadil and haven't been > able to dial the handlebar angle, reach and my overall posture to make it > comfortable on my wrists while putting me in a position where I feel like I > can put down enough power. > > For context, the 60cm Bombadil has a longer effective top tube than I'd > normally choose (63 vs 59) so I thought the Ortho bar would be a perfect > match. I initially installed it with a 135 Ritchey Force stem but ended up > swapping it for a Nitto 120 (I might need to go even shorter!) > > Anyway, this morning was very windy and I felt like I was pedaling way too > hard and barely moving so I stopped and tweaked some things: > > First I angled the bars a bit less aggressively since I had them really > pointing down. I also rotated the ergo grips to match my natural wrist > position for support. > > Then I lowered my saddle about 2cm and installed it pointing up a bit more > than before. > > This got me wondering, are you supposed to lower the saddle when using > sweptback bars? Since your position changes and you bend your upper body > way less from when going from dropbars to more of a sitting position with > sweptback bars. > > It definitely feels better with the lower saddle but I'm still not as > comfortable on this bike as I'm on my 58 Hunqapillar with Jones H Loop > bars. > > What else would you try? Should I try to get my saddle further back and my > handlebars even closer with a shorter stem? higher handlebars? Are the > orthos just too wide? > > This whole fit thing is an enigma to me and I would love your thoughts. > > Max > > -- > 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 visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea7b27a2-64fa-4836-80b7-a77d017a73d6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ea7b27a2-64fa-4836-80b7-a77d017a73d6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfguNCCAr05R29nLRJaO0MRADdtzcn9P%2Bc3osGsJE2rPyOA%40mail.gmail.com.
