Originally Posted by
wphamilton
I'm not looking for the same position both ways cyclezen. I'd rather use the drops for a lower more aggressive position.
...People say not to adjust reach with the saddle but I'm tempted to move it back a cm or so since it's slightly forward as it is, and see how that affects the situation.
I do hold to the saw "Don't adjust your saddle to make the bars fit..."
But I'm also not hard and fast on saddle position. I'm about 'Position the saddle to your preferred torso and leg position'.
Which means I can choose my saddle position based on what I want to achieve. If I wanted to race a lot of crits, I had my saddle at 5.7 cm behind BB and with an appropriate saddle height, found it best, for me, for this type of racing.
30 years later, I'm not racing anymore, but still riding hard, climbing a bunch more and have found that 7 cm behind BB currently works well for me. My old Colnago is still set at 5.7, and when I ride it I immediately feel the difference from my tarmac - not bad, just different - all good.
Both bike setups require a slight, but significant different setup of the stem and bars... I always work from the back to the front...