Subject: RE: My Bike Fit, Recommendations Please! Originally posted by audiojan
Saddle height looks ok, but you do look compressed. If you get in the drop, it looks like you wouldn't have sufficient reach to be comfortable. When you ride in the drops, does your shoulder and upper back get tired and achy? Telltale sign that you're too compressed… To be very honest, the bike almost looks too small for you… but again, this based on an internet photo, so difficult to say for sure…
I always used to ride a 57cm top tube but this is a 56cm tube. I shortened it because it felt like I was reaching out a bit too much on the 57cm and didn't have the best control on the bike. I sometimes feel a litle cramped when I'm on the top bar climbing but when in the hoods or drops I feel I have much better control over the bike. |