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2011-06-03 2:24 AM

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2011-06-03 7:36 AM
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No offense dude, but there's very little you can see from those two pictures.
2011-06-03 7:44 AM
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From the pictures it looks like you're sitting pretty far back and your torso is stretched out.  Might want to move the seat forward (and up a bit to compensate) to open up your hip angle.  Try to get your arms closer to a 900 angle to your torso.  You also seem to be sitting up pretty high; you could probably try lowering your bars to get your back flatter and be more aero.



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Edited by RedCorvette 2011-06-03 7:44 AM
2011-06-03 10:42 AM
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I put my bike on the trainer and set up my camera to take a picture from the side. From there I imported into autoCAD to measure the angles. You could also just print out the picture and a ruler and protractor. From there I just adjusted until I got reasonably close to what is recommended. I have the saddle a little lower than recommended so my leg angle is lower. It just feels better to me this way. In the end I was able to greatly improve my fit, have a lower overall profile and back soreness is gone.

 

http://www.slowtwitch.com/mainheadings/techctr/bikefit.html

2011-06-03 11:00 AM
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If you click on them, you'll see their large-size version. Thanks!
2011-06-03 11:55 AM
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Although that may be true, you cannot make any determinations based on those two photos.  A photo at the top tube level taken from the side would be best.  One from head on would be a plus.  No advice given using those two pictures should be taken as good advice at all.

2011-06-03 2:18 PM
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You guys are lucky, page won't even load for me.
2011-06-03 3:05 PM
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jgerbodegrant - 2011-06-03 12:55 PM Although that may be true, you cannot make any determinations based on those two photos.  A photo at the top tube level taken from the side would be best.  One from head on would be a plus.  No advice given using those two pictures should be taken as good advice at all.


Gee, thanks for telling me how worthless my advice is.  I'll make a note of that so I don't waste anyone's time in the future.

Mark
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