David Wilson, in "Bicycle Science" (the bible of bicycle engineering), advocated no knee flex at 6:00, meaning that a rider seeking maximum efficiency should raise his or her saddle just a bit if his or her knee is slightly bent at that position. Any flex there and you lose a significant amount of power from your stroke. That's the theory. In practice, as even Wilson admitted, you need just a wee bit of flex in order to avoid undue stress to the knees, if I recall correctly. In essence, it's possible that the triathlete thought that your knee was bend a bit more than necessary and that your saddle could indeed come up.
On Sep 26, 6:29 pm, GeorgeS <chobur...@gmail.com> wrote: > I rode my club's century today and as I was toiling up a hill, a young > triathlete sort on a plastic thing (the tubes were not even round!) > came by me and he said "Sir, you might want to raise your seat a bit > so you'll get more leverage." Unsolicited advice is so cool. My > immediate thought was to tell him that I had been riding bikes since > before he was born, but I've been trying to keep my mouth out of gear > so I didn't say anything. But then I started thinking that back in > the day, the rule of thumb, at least as it was passed down to me, was > that when the pedal is in the 6 o'clock position, the knee should be > very slightly bent. I've been doing that with every bike I've set up > for lo these many years. Was that wrong? Has there been any progress > in thinking on this subject? > GeorgeS -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
