Originally Posted by
PepeM
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that have to do more with the butt to bottom bracket relationship, as opposed to saddle to bars distance? As in, I do not think a longer stem will have the same effect than the little experiment you did. Do you have a seatpost with setback? If not, one of those could do the trick. Maybe. I am not a fit expert.
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This is a good observation. Yes, clearly I was changing the saddle to BB relationship, but I wasn't pedalling, so I'm not sure how much difference these really makes. If I imagined myself sitting on the saddle normally, but having my hands 2-3cm further forward, I would expect the feeling to the same of very similar. I understand that my feet would be more directly under the saddle when sitting normally so the result might be slightly different in feeling.
My seat post doesn't have a set back, but I may need to consider one in addition to / or instead of a longer stem.
Thanks for your input.