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Old 02-22-03 | 02:30 PM
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Barnaby
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Raymond-When I did the WS fit-I lowered from 72 cm. to 69 cm., not to the 67 cm. recommended at first. That was enough of a radical change to begin with. I am now at the 67 cm. height and it feels strange, especially to the quads. I am giving it some time for evaluation before deciding. You have already given it some months, and maybe you should increment upwards to get rid of the tightness. Size 12 feet should mean a big difference in both saddle adjustments. As far as height, especially if you pedal toe down. That feeling that the stroke is too short with a low saddle is normal after such an adjustment, to me it feels like the upstroke is coming prematurely.

I had to fight against the tendency to "go with what feels right" to give the new position a chance. To me it was like having a high jump pit in the back yard that I used for many years, and then someone with some technical knowledge came around and said that, " you're problem is that you don't know how to high jump, and this is how it should be done." Instinctively we don't want to accept change, but then sometimes it opens new doors. There has to be some room though for style and personal preference and the fact that every body seems to be unique.
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