Don't forget Paul Comp's offering: http://paulcomp.com/seatpost.html Kinda' long for a road bike, but it can be cut down. Price point between the Nitto and VO one. FWIW, I had to send my VO back as it was out of spec and slipped.
On Monday, May 21, 2012 8:45:06 AM UTC-7, ttoshi wrote: > > I needed to get either a Nitto lugged seatpost (expensive) or a Velo > Orange seatback seatpost in order to get my seat far enough back to > take the weight off my hands. I also have a long torso. > > Toshi > > > On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:36 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > You might look at your saddle position. Peter Jon White has much good > > to say about where to put it so that your torso and not your arms hold > > you up. It works for me. > > > > In fact, it was Grant long ago who told me, get your saddle back and > > your bars up and back, and it fixed my position problems. Note that > > "bars up and back" meant 8 cm extension and 3-5 cm below bar instead > > of 140 mm extension and 5 inches below bar. > > > > Broken record: butt back helps your torso hold itself up. > > > > Patrick "long torso" Moore > > > -- 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/-/N2HTKzBVTIYJ. 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.
