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Some advice please on bike fit conclusions.

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  • July 15, 2017 at 4:16 pm #27355
    KarlB

    Good afternoon, 

    I am a decent runner who has revisited cycling after 30 years away, and thoroughly enjoying my progress.

    I recently had a bike fit as I am one of those individuals who are short legged (30″ leg), a long torso and long arms.

    Anyway, I have had my seat adjusted and had all tests associated with a bike fit done.

    I wondered if you lovely people could offer some advice as to whether my observations are related to being a beginner again, or more related to bike fit.

    while cycling today I noticed that I had to keep pushing myself further to the back of the seat as I seemed to always be at front of seat. Is it normal to be towards front of seat?

    Also, I felt my hands were pushing quite hard on the drop bars and occasionally, I got pins & needles in the left hand. My next is slightly tense also, but that may be because I am not used to drops. Again, this may be me being a newb, but I wondered if my stem might be too long? It is 120mm.

    After the ride I am fine. No aches or pains.

    I ride TCR Advanced 1 by the way.

    Any advice greatly appreciated.

    Thank you.

    Karl

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  • July 15, 2017 at 6:56 pm #897331
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    hawkinspeter

    Sounds like you might be more

    Sounds like you might be more stretched out and haven’t quite got the flexibility for it (yet). Either persist for a couple of weeks to see if you adapt comfortably or shorten your reach (saddle position or stem length). Your saddle might be at a strange angle, but I’d have thought a bike fit would end up with your saddle within 5 degrees of horizontal.

    Numbness in your hands can be a sign of too much weight on them, so shifting your saddle forwards on the rails might be a quick fix if there’s room to move it.

    Make sure you record the basic measurements if you weren’t given them by the bike fitter, so you can compare your position before and afterwards and reset back to the bike fit settings if you get pains etc.

    Grahamd wrote:
    Go back to whoever did the bike fit. I would expect them to identify and fix free of charge.

    It can often take a couple of weeks for your body to adapt to a new bike position, so it might be futile to go straight back to the fitter.

    July 15, 2017 at 6:15 pm #897329
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    Grahamd

    Go back to whoever did the

    Go back to whoever did the bike fit. I would expect them to identify and fix free of charge.

    July 15, 2017 at 6:07 pm #897327
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    VeloUSA

    “while cycling today I

    “while cycling today I noticed that I had to keep pushing myself further to the back of the seat as I seemed to always be at front of seat.”

    This can happen with an improper saddle fit, the tilt of your saddle. Check YouTube on ‘bike saddle fit tilt’.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bike+saddle+fit+tilt

    As far as your other concerns put a lot more KM’s under arse then report back.

    July 15, 2017 at 5:51 pm #897325
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    StraelGuy

    I hate the sensation of

    I hate the sensation of always having to slide back up the saddle so mine are all tilted upwards slightly. Might be worth a try?

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