Originally Posted by
AnthonyG
Yes a 2cm difference is a big deal. Now the question is, is your current saddle position right where you want it to be?
Moving the saddle forwards will place more weight on your hands/shoulders/arms. 2cm forwards is quite a change. Nominally I wouldn't be moving your weight forwards on a touring bike. How much clamp setback is there on your current seatpost? A typical standard seatpost has about 25mm of clamp setback. Some have zero setback, some seatposts can have 40mm of setback or thereabouts.
Anthony
you're on the money. my setback seat post has 25 mm offset from the seat tube. so what does this mean, I have to get a 45 mm setback seat post?
something else to consider is that i was fitted on the romin evo saddle, which yielded a 7.3 cm setback from the bb. I'm using 7.3 as a frame of reference for the brooks as well (I realize the saddles differ in length by about 4 mm, and that the fit is totally different).