Yup, I have pushed for this over many years since discovering it myself in 2012. Here is what I have had in place in the Rocker Plate thread since Oct 2018:
When you have a bike that is perfectly comfortable outside, and then leads to problems when ridden inside, I feel it is important to look at what is different. When you do, there are two key differences.
- Lack of wind resistance on the body riding inside. That is a difference that I find because you end up with slightly more weight on the hands and arms, because you don’t have the wind pushing your upper body back.
- To compensate for that, I recommend that people raise the front axle about 1"-2" [25mm-50mm] higher than the rear axle. This shifts the weight slightly back onto the saddle and off the hands and arms.
I shared this theory at the start of Covid with the crew over as the Specialized WinTunnel and asked if they’d be open to testing if it is valid. They loved the idea and said it would be very easy to test and evaluate with the setup in the tunnel. But they didn’t act on it with the limitations at that time. I may need to be a squeaky wheel again to see if they will take on the testing.