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Old 06-06-14 | 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by obrentharris
It may be just the angle of the picture but it looks to me like the seat is a little too high.
In pic 6 that seatpost looks waaaaay up in the air too, and the handlebar dropped much much lower than the saddle.

The overall riding position doesn't look so far out of whack. However you need to decide whether you'll be riding the drops or the hoods. "Most people" not competing (and by that I really mean just myself, and everyone else should do it my way too ) ride the hoods, and go for the drops only when facing a severe wind. If you're going to be on the hoods, rotate the bar so that the drops move away from you and hoods move higher and closer to you; I prefer the reach horizontal, in line with the stem, if for no other reason than for appearance. That will make the pic 6 position much more comfortable.
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