Rex: do you sit up pretty straight to pedal? I'm curious because my experience is exactly your opposite. I felt that I was "losing the stroke" at TDC, this with a forward seatpost, and Grant told me to shove it back -- and it worked wonderfully.
I look at old DL1s and Dutch roadsters on which people sit bolt upright, and the saddles were traditionally set rather forward on the seat "pin" -- straight, separate-clamp sp -- but then, with their very slack st angles even such a saddle would be well behind the bb shell. I know from experience -- my own from riding Indian equivalents -- and from watching others ride them that, when there is a need for power, the body tends to bend forward. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find this advice to push the saddle back rather curious... > > When I built up my AHH I took this advice into account and bought a > setback seatpost... for a few months I wondered why I felt so slow and weak > and couldn't get comfortable on the bike... until one day it hit me, when I > shoved the saddle all of the way forward (back to where it was on a > straight seatpost) and suddenly I felt like I had strength and was > comfortable again! Problem now is that it looks funny. Speaking of which, > anybody in the Sac, CA area want to trade a VO Grand Cru Seat Post, Long > Setback for a straight seatpost of similar quality? :-) > > -Rex > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 3:22 PM, lungimsam <john11.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have also struggled with hand numbness over the years. >>> >> >> >>> Idea #1: >>> >> Try moving your saddle all the way back and see what happens. >> When my saddle was forward, I got numb hands. When moved further back, I >> got aching hands. >> When shoved all the way back, my hands are now feeling more comfortable >> than ever. Much better. Seems like barely any problems now. >> >> Other thoughts: >> >>> Do you use a different hand position when descending than climbing? So >>> hands pressing into the bars differently? >>> Is most of your weight on the pedals while descending, like a jockey? >>> Do you move your behind backwards over the saddle and stretch out when >>> descending? >>> >> -- >> 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/-/a_nFbPDUF8YJ. >> >> 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. > -- "Believe nothing until it has been officially denied." -- Claude Cockburn ------------------------- Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html ------------------------- -- 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.
