If you're going to raise the bars, then you will be more upright, so you will already be away from your race fit. If you lengthen the stem, then you will be scrunched down again, but you negate any benefits of the upright position and you will be less aerodynamic, so you will ruin your race fit and your comfort fit.
I would throw the race fit out and experiment with your own comfort zone. I like Peter White's philosophy of bike fit (find it at peterwhitecycles.com). I try to optimize my position on the bike so I don't put pressure on my hands. This requires me to put my seat way back (in the riding position I like). In order to accomplish that position, I had to get new seatposts (VO setback or Nitto Lugged) and I got Rivet saddles to push it way back. I'm much more comfortable now and don't have to worry about hand numbness/discomfort on long rides. Toshi On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:23 AM, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> 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 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.
