Re: your position (and I know I am gonna sound like a broken record here) but I would recommend extending your reach and also raising your hands. You don’t necessarily need to get your aerobars lower…just extending your reach will lower your front end.
Vertical upper arms creates a high upper body…and TBH, isn’t that comfortable. It is a common misconception that it is more stable and therefore comfortable. But slightly extended upper arms, combined with high hands, can actually lock your into a position and be more comfortable.
Right now my saddle is slightly over the setback, so I can’t take the reach exception. I might need to swap that around. If I can get more drop I get a little more effective reach, so that may not be required.
It’s a ‘first fit’ with compromises for comfort to let me build time in position. It’ll get better. I appreciate the feedback.
Correct. And I’m taking the BB exemption right now by something like 5mm. So I could ‘easily’ get 55mm of reach. Is that what I need? Might help flatten the back a bit. Going to the 15 degrees on the extensions would also give me a little reach. Lots of ways to skin the cat.
My mate who does well in CTT TTs, hes always on the podium has his bike set up for the optimum ignoring the UCI. He’s qualified each time he’s entered for the Amateur UCI champs and modifies his bike then. I would set your bike up for what is fastest and worry about adapting for the Nats down the line if that happens.
It is actually the opposite…raising your hands decreases your reach. Think about it like a clock, with your elbows being the center of the clock. You arms are currently at 9:00…raising your hands would bring then to 10:00, which brings them close to you (on a horizontal plane)
When you raise your hands, most people need to extend their reach.
Yes. Putting rise on the extensions shortens their effective length with let’s you move stuff inside the regs. Dropping the front would give more ‘immediate’ reach, but is more constrained by me being being old and soft. Bike fitting is complicated, which is why I have a guy.
Hi All!
Not as top-of-the-line as some other rigs on this page, but thought I’d show off my QR PRFour Disc. First pic from a training ride a few weeks ago, the others are some shots from IM Tulsa by Finisher Pix. Really happy with these photos, best pics of me riding I’ve gotten