Go for a ride with someone Allen wrenches. Adjust one thing at a time and you will find your happy place in about an hour. Then don't waste time measuring things and just enjoy the ride. On Aug 23, 2012 12:30 PM, "Marc Schwartz" <mschw...@nmsu.edu> wrote:
> 3 > Ride, my son. Boldly ride! > > Marc > "Love and leather > A tear in her eye, > He swore at the Devil > Then he went for a ride." > > -Radney Foster- > ________________________________________ > From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] > on behalf of lungimsam [john11.2...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:23 AM > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Subject: [RBW] Un-racer bike fitting. Your thoughts on my situation. > > 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/-/ZrCN9plMDWQJ. > 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. > > -- > 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-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. > > -- 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-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.
