Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
With the bars so high up and the stem so short I will speculate that the seat forward is an attempt to reduce the stretch your arms need to reach the bars. As long as you are happy with how this feels this is not wrong.
I actually don't remember the seat being pushed that far forward by the bike fitter; also can't imagine it moving forward under the load when I ride it. Strange...The bike feels good though, a bit twitchy as expected, a bit too high, but nothing that kills the joy of riding it.
Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
When I see the style of fit that your bikes shows I think that the length of the top tube is too long for the rider's torso/arm combo. This is why some bikes have smaller wheels, to allow the shortening of the top tube without ending up with one's feet contact the front wheel.
You are kind of correct, the frame turned out to be way too large for me after converting it to drop bars. The combined length of the stem length and bars reach was reduced a lot, I'm currently on the 70mm bar and 40mm stem, 110 mm in total. Also the stem was raised by another 50-60mm, don't remember the measurements of the old fork.
The fitting session however started with handlebar removed, the position of the seat was chosen without any reference to the bike length. This advanced forward seat position doesn't make a lot of sense to me now, though the bike feels comfy. I'm confused now, I will doublecheck it's position and compare it to the notes I received from the fitting session.