Originally Posted by
duckhuntr
Your saddle is probably too high and too far forward. Can you rotate the crank with your heels on the pedals or do they come off at the bottom? Rotate your pelvis forward so weight is evenly distributed between the ischial tuberosities and ramus. Set your cleats all the way back if you can adjust them. What's your saddle nose-to-center-of-bottom-bracket measurement? Saddle setback should be somewhere in the neighborhood of 70-90mm. As you lower the saddle it needs increased setback by a corresponding amount.
I can rotate the crank with my heels on the pedal, but it does feel a bit too high as I don't have the same amount of leverage at the bottom.
Saddle nose to center of BB is ~698.5mm (27.5 inches)
I am kinda getting what you mean about the ramus. I think with the way my saddle is set up now, I was sitting too much on the ramus which was giving me a lot of pain. Previously, I was able to sit more on the tuberosities. Also saddle tilt, am I correct to assume you mean positive tilt?
Originally Posted by
Lemond1985
I would "cheat" and slide way way back on the saddle, so far your butt is hanging off the back an inch or two, and see how that feels. Doesn't have to be a position you can comfortably pedal in. Should give an indication of you're adjusting in the right direction or not.
So if I slide way back, I definitely feel more comfortable in that I don't feel like I'm going to fall off. I definitely cannot pedal as I am way too far from the pedals now, and my knee is probably a good 20-30mm from the pedal spindle.
Should I just throw away KOPS?