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Jan.15th 2006.Got run-down,whilst training.By an uninsured drug addict.Hit from behind.Broken neck,brain injury.This man has the idea that something must be done.Well hes right!

Get the seat height done first- (its sort of a seperate issue although it affects the bar set up later). I generally set the fore and aft where i want it too. Then set the bar reach/height.

I would agree that you dont want a position where you are happiest in the drops all the time, climbing or extended efforts etc. I am prob in the drops 30% hoods 60% and tops 10% although i dont know if this is typical and most of my riding is not race pace.

If your position is really as you decribe and you have an open hip angle for good power generation then I would lower your bar.
As it stands you have the drops that are powerful and moderately low/aero. Its prob no use to use the hoods or tops much at all?
Drop the bar and your hoods are moderately aero and you can generate good power. Then when you are descending fast you have a lower position to take advantage of. Use the tops for long prolonged climbs.

Some bike fits tend to go on the side of an upright posn. Dunno why, I guess most peple dont want to go fast they only want comfort (you should get both) It may however be that you would generate more power slightly more upright (in which case just use the hoods more like the guy suggested) You have to remember that any change in posn will take some time to show if its more powerful as your body has to get used to it. So I suggest keep using the hoods until your followup and monitor your progress the best you can.

THIS APP IS MUSTARD. EASY TO USE, AND MY LOCAL COUNCIL REDBRIDGE HAS FILLED IN EVERY HOLE I'VE REPORTED, AS THEY ARE UNDER LEGAL OBLIGATION TO DO SO.

The Dawes Nomad looks better than the fugly Thorn Nomad.

I'd like to see some geometry charts as the Sportive model seems to have a higher head tube than the Audax. So not only is it "prettier" it is also better for long distance

Never mind the price, they're hideous!

There are 3 in the womens section for us girlies, which if my math is right are up to 25% off…

FG

London, part of Britain, I think not.

I've had a couple of bike fits over the last few months, the last one on Friday.

Both took the approach of fitting the bike to me. Both started looked very closely at my flexibility and the type for riding I do and aspire to do and at my current position on the bike. The one I had on Friday a Trek Bike fit also involved a lot of questions about aches and pains that I might experience when cycling and along with various measurments of my limbs trying to deduce if my position on the bike made any contribution. Turns out I am pretty flexy, but my bars were waaay too wide and my cranks too long - just changing those two things made a massive difference that I could feel straight away.

The thing that both had in common was that they focussed on fitting the bike to me rather than me to the bike. One point of departure, partly due to the different bikes I was being fitted on was that, the first fit I had did try to cure me of the bad habit of ridng with my arms and wrists locked out - because there was an easy solution a bar with a slight sweep. While the second after looking at my upper body strength on the bike concluded that while it would be better for me if I didn't do it riding that way wasn't masking some other weakness or problem and it didn't seem to have done me any harm so far either so they didn't try to fix it. Not that putting a sweep on a drop bar is that easy to do anyway.

Here's a link to the piece we did on the Santos bike fit http://road.cc/content/news/19219-video-santos-bike-fit-pt-1

LOL Dave, Just had over the schwag prize, I believe it was a Madone was it not ????

As I ride in from the Croydon area pretty much everyday on my own bike and having used the Boris bikes a few times when I've been in town I can hand-on-heart say I would NOT want to ride one of those bikes that distance!

For short hops around town they are ideal but the gearing and setup is not ideally suited for longer distance rides, especially when these are most likely going to be attempted by more experienced/stronger riders.

It would however be useful for for journeys around the local area as long as docking stations are suitably placed throughout the area.

£160 to wear a spider web? Maybe not.