It has been too long — ~30 years — since I (mistakenly) set up a road bike with saddle all the way forward and bar on a 140 mm stem 6” below saddle, but I don’t recall the position hurting my hands, or neck for that matter; of course I was in my late 30s or early 40s. OTOH, with a setup diametrically opposite, saddle relatively far back and bar raised and much closer in, I also find that that this makes my torso muscles hold up my body weight and keeps my hands light on the bar; this is what Peter White points out.
On Fri, Aug 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM Garth <[email protected]> wrote: > … In moving myself so far forward I found out some interesting things. > First, it lightens the load on the hands, even with drops below the saddle. > The trunk and legs are supporting most of the weight, the more forward I am > the less reach to the bars I need also. No upper body strain at all. The > “upright" riding equating to less strain is another myth that has me > scratching my head how it so often repeated. > -- 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 visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtvzXsgJFoYWVLCXEuPJPh9b2HvQLoG5UvMBRDApDUoSg%40mail.gmail.com.
