On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:13 PM, dpco <dcompton1...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > patrick, > i didn't take it that way. i was just trying to explain my situation > to the crowd. believe me, i see so many positions on bikes, some look > totally wrong, but you can't judge a book by its' cover. thank god > that we have rivendell and grant. And I have as much reason to be grateful as anyone. Back in the summer of 1994 I called the brand new Rivendell to inquire about a custom. I complained that I felt as if i were "losing power" over the top of the stroke. Grant asked a few questions, and ended up giving me advice -- shove the saddle back! Raise the bars and bring them back! -- that gave me a position radically different from the very wrong position I'd developed for myself: I went from a saddle all the way forward and 135 or 140 mm mm stem six (6) inches below saddle, to saddle all the way back and 80 mm stem 2 inches below saddle. It took my back a few months to adapt (I didn't do this all at once, of course) but now my back is fine on the bike even when (as today) it is sore from, say, too much bending over my workbench. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
