Originally Posted by
SlvrDragon50
Awesome, thanks. That hit on a lot of my worries. I am only having issues with maintaining position with really slow pedal speed. That makes a ton of sense with the rearward setup and loss of power, explains why I was able to have so much more power with the completely forward setup. I think I will need to replace this seatpost before I'm able to make minute saddle adjustments since it's just impossible to make those small adjustments with the Ritchey 2-bolt. I'll bring the saddle height back down again in the meantime.
I had pushed the cleats forward because that is what people were recommending in the previous posts as to find a better saddle position. I will move it back to just behind the ball of the foot now.
“Set your cleats all the way back if you can adjust them.”
^this? They meant move your cleats back and feet forward. Generally speaking, there are very few issues caused by cleats being too far back (you could ride a bike with pegs for feet) but tons of issues that crop up with cleats too close to your toes.