Originally Posted by
rpenmanparker
That's not what we are talking about. We are talking about weight on the saddle and weight on the pedals and weight on the bars. Weight distribution of the body, not the bike...with or without a rider.
And no one has said what the right distribution is, even for the two wheels with rider.
You can presumably infer that in your normal position on the bike that more weight on the front wheel is from more weight distribution on the bike, or you know, just go by feel like i said. Its easy to tell if there is more weight on your hands or not. No one is arguing that there is one perfect weight distribution either, its is all a balancing of priorities for the rider. but you seem to believe that only reach and hip angle affect weight distribution and not saddle setback. Why don't you address all my other points instead of cherry picking?