Additional information to be added to my long torso, I have short limbs. Kim Hetzel Yelm, WA.
On Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 4:25:23 PM UTC-7 Kim Hetzel wrote: > Very well said, Laing. I absolutely agree with you. > > Kim Hetzel > Yelm, WA > > On Sat, Jun 24, 2023, 12:49 PM lconley <lco...@brph.com> wrote: > >> Then there are also those with really, really long torsos, that need a >> long stem *and* lots of setback on the seatpost; or a custom frame. >> Also remember that a Brooks saddle sometimes needs a longer setback >> seatpost to put you in the same location relative to the pedals as another >> type of saddle on a normal seatpost; no longer stem will help that. >> >> Laing >> >> On Friday, June 23, 2023 at 3:22:38 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote: >> >>> + another for Garth's point (and many others make it too, including PJW >>> in his very good article on bike fitting) that you first set up your saddle >>> in relation to the cranks in order to get both good "balance" (with >>> sufficient setback that your torso muscles support the torso's weight, and >>> so that this support is not left to hands and arms and shoulders), and good >>> power or torque on the pedals (too far forward and you lose power, IME -- >>> Grant cured me of an all-the-way forward saddle, long story, by saying, >>> "move your saddle back and down"). >>> >>> And of course all rules are merely starting points. >>> >>> No setback seatposts make sense on a bike like this; you even see >>> seatposts with forward "setback" or perhaps "set-forward," but look at >>> those seat tube angles! >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> [image: image.png] >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 12:24 PM Richard Rose <rmro...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps another bit of information to muddy the waters is the Analog >>>> Cycles perspective that straight (no setback) seatposts make no sense, >>>> except for frames (like theirs) that have relatively slack seat tubes. >>>> Like >>>> our Riv’s. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/CTSidI0_ha8/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/75c24a90-9cd3-44f7-a409-57420167f80bn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/75c24a90-9cd3-44f7-a409-57420167f80bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/200ee2c2-a83a-409d-81b4-e89bb0fa745en%40googlegroups.com.
