Originally Posted by
milesofsmiles
After I was done riding I packed the bike up and walked to go to the bathroom, it totaled about three quarters of a mile there and back. On the way I thought walking like this after a ride would be a good cool-down idea, instead of just getting in my car and driving off letting my legs stiffen up.
As far as raising up the seat post so my legs are straight when I ride my post is at the limit mark. I looked at angled seat posts and was wondering if one would help. I was experimenting today by sitting far back on my set which straightened my legs.
Moving your saddle back by whatever method has the side effect of increasing the distance from your butt to the bottom of the pedal stroke. You need to adjust your saddle downward to compensate. If you remember high-school trigonometry, especially the Pythagorean Theorem, you can figure out how much vertical adjustment for a given horizontal adjustment.
But, while I do play with saddle forward/backward, my guess is that you don't need to at this point.
Fitting a bicycle has a lot of variables. Correct fit corresponds to a small range of values of the variables. It's really easy to get lost in that thicket if you don't proceed in a logical way making one change at a time and allowing your body to acclimate to each one.
As far as buying things like Kneesavers or setback seat posts, those (along with a million other gadgets) are designed to solve specific problems. They might lead you into other problems as well. If you don't know what problem you are trying to solve, don't reach for the charge card yet.