Originally Posted by
MRT2
That should tell you something is going on with the fit/saddle. It could be that you lack flexibility in your back, pelvis, hips and core, and any lean forward causes you to tilt your entire pelvis forward, rather than bending at the back while keeping the butt flat on the saddle. You need to do more research to figure this out.
Whatever the problem is, the solution isn't to put even more of your weight forward by using aero bars.
Well, that was before I tilted the saddle upwards in the front. Now, I don't have that problem of feeling like I'm sliding forward.
As I said, the Roam isn't an upright bike, having practically a flat bar. And I don't want to be upright. If I had, I would have bought a Cypress. I got the Roam to be more angled over, out of the wind. But unfortunately, being angled over puts more weight on the hands. Being more upright with a taller bar takes the weight off.
As far as saddle position goes, the only thing that makes sense to me, as far as too much weight on my hands, is maybe I have the saddle too high. But according to how my leg seems to be perfectly extended on the down pedal ...I can't see saddle height as being the issue.