Originally Posted by
bike eagle
Exactly. I had been riding with the awkward S-bend you describe, but now I feel much more inline. Also as you say, I suddenly have much more power available from my glutes. During your fitting sessions, do you make this adjustment to riders' posture? I have been looked at by three different fitters in bike shops, and none of them tried to improve my posture. They only made adjustments to the bike, not to me.
No, we adjust the bike so that the rider can sit on the bike properly taking into consideration your flexibility and any physical issue you may have...we have a rider last week that had a leg 1/2" shorter than the other. Fixed the setup.
Most of the time when a rider sits with a hunched back it's due to setup. So you changed...can you sit like that for a long time or do you revert back? If you revert back, it's setup.