Sounds like you have a good handle on your options. Why not try them? As previously discussed, set your saddle position first, then your reach. Sounds like you are discussing your saddle positon relative to your bars. That's bass-ackwards and wrong. Fit is personal, and there aren't many things about fit I will call "wrong", but setting your saddle position based on your bar position is wrong. There's nothing wrong with 11cm stems. Once you have your saddle set correctly, figure out your reach, and install a stem accordingly. Why do you want your Bleriot bars so high? From my point of view, unless that set-up is needed for physical reasons, it screws up all kinds of stuff, including saddle angle. As far as "boldly ride with whatever is comfy"... um, well, yeah. That's the whole point, unless you're working in a wind tunnel and planning for serious racing, in which case you wouldn't be posting here. Hopefully you are getting to the point with your set-ups that you have a good idea of what is comfy for you. Work from that.
On Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:23:18 AM UTC-7, lungimsam wrote: > I was told that my Specialized BG Fit I got at my LBS for my race bike 3 > years ago would be transferrable to all bikes. I was told the fit is for > maximum power, efficiency, and safety. Why not have safety, efficiency, > and max power when I ride the Bleriot, too? So I thought I would set up the > Bleriot the same, except with the Bleriot drop bars > so-high-that-they-could-kiss-the-sky on my Technomic stem. > > I figured the reach, saddle fore/aft, and saddle height I would keep the > same as the pro fit. > > But it doesn't work with the Bleriot. > With the saddle height the same, and the reach the same, the saddle > fore/aft is like 2cm further behind the BB center (which is one of the > measurements on my BG Fit). > > So I have 3 choices: > 1. Set SH and Fore/aft according to BG fit and get a 2cm longer stem > extension to equalize the reach. But I am 5'7"-ish and an 11cm extension > would be wierd for me, as I am used to 9 and 8 cm extensions on stems. I > think of anything over 10cm extensions for 6-footers. > 2. Chuck the BG fit and revert to KOPS, since everyone before pro-fits > started seemed to be fine with that. > 3. Throw out my pre-conceived notions of bike fit and ride, boldy ride > with whatever is comfy. > > What d'yall think? > > BTW - I am guessing I am already throwing out aspects of the BG fit by > raising the bars so high on the bike. But, for my un-racer bike fit, step > one is raising the bars to max height. And that is non-negotiable for me as > I love how great it is with the bars high. > > > -- 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/-/GQyHqTFR09QJ. 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.
