As an aside to your observations, I remember my mid-80s (I think) Trek mountain bike came with a seatpost that had a quick release for set back adjustment. And the post had a long slot to allow for waay setback position. In practice I never used it. I have always found spinning with an attempt at high power output puts me "on the rivit," on the nose of my saddle. Sustained climbing finds my butt on the back of the saddle. There is a sweet spot that allows efficient spinning and climbing from the same saddle position. For me that position has moved back 1/4 inch after I graduated from competitive cycling. On Friday, April 20, 2012 10:23:43 AM UTC-6, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote:
> It doesn't rain here from April through at least October, so today the > fenders came off my Sam and I took it for a ride in the hills for a > very decadent lunch with some friends in their yard. I was in France > last week with my wife, so she took the kids and lots of leftover > cheese in the car. Good time. > > Anyway, the Sam is set up my commute, which is a pretty flat 15 mile > round trip. I've been putting my saddle a little farther forward then > usual lately and cutting a few minutes of the ride, noticeably faster > and quite comfortable. This ride was in the hills, about 20 miles each > way, and I found that I didn't like the forward position on the ups. > So I put the saddle back a bit, which was much better, but slower back > on the flats. Also, despite a lot of playing around with saddle tilt > etc I couldn't really get to a comfortable position. One thing I > thought about trying but didn't was to tilt the handlebars (Noodles) > toward me a bit. > > Does any of this conform with popular wisdom on saddle position? Is > there such a thing? I've been fooling around with this stuff for years > and haven't gotten it right yet. It would be great if someone could > list a few rules of thumb. > > Jay > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/aYYQJ9nDO20J. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
