Forgot to add this, from Sheldon. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:54 PM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 > ------------------------- > -- "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.
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