Not that curious. It's advice concerning weight on the hands, not power. Peter White has an excellent explanation of why this works, but he also says that it's not for everyone. Personally I find it more comfortable well back but if I'm working harder (i.e. trying to go fast, or at least what passes for fast for me) I tend to slide forward some. I will say that I've noticed the difference on a bike that wasn't changed except for the addition of the VO seat post - it took a noticeable amount of pressure off of my hands.
-Ken On Sep 21, 2012, at 4:05 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. -- 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.
