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Old 11-29-17 | 06:23 AM
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Bikes: '00 Koga Miyata Full Pro Oval Road bike.

Originally Posted by SethAZ
When the saddle is too far back it kind of feels like you're pushing yourself back off the saddle during a hard effort. When the saddle is too far forward it feels like my knee angle during the more powerful parts of the pedal stroke is just too sharp. It's hard to describe how I felt with that, but I felt something, and I didn't like it. My current position, which is as close to KOPS as I got it by myself, feels the most natural, with the most neutral effect on the rest of my body during high efforts, a more natural-feeling leg extension during the most powerful parts of the stroke, etc.
^This is how I would describe saddle fit as well.
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