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Originally Posted by clink83
The bad fitting advice in this thread is out of control. You don't move your saddle to take pressure off your hands. The only time you adjust your saddle height/setback is to get the proper relationship between your knees and cranks and to get the proper leg bend, then adjust the stem reach/height to whatever is comfy. You shouldn't EVER adjust your saddle position for hand pain!
And when you do this, combined with an appropriate amount of saddle to bar drop, you more often than not end up taking pressure of the hands because of proper weight distribution / hip angle.
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