3 Ride, my son. Boldly ride! Marc "Love and leather A tear in her eye, He swore at the Devil Then he went for a ride."
-Radney Foster- ________________________________________ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on behalf of lungimsam [john11.2...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:23 AM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: [RBW] Un-racer bike fitting. Your thoughts on my situation. 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ZrCN9plMDWQJ. 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.
