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Old 07-27-25 | 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 13ollocks
the original statement makes no sense - you’re not going to increase weight on your saddle and increase weight on your hands without increasing your weight overall. Unless your bike comes with its own gravity field, that’s not going to happen 🙄
not Weight on the hands... PRESSURE on them.. your back wants to lean into the work... having the bars too high causes more pressure on your hands, until you approach bolt upright, which introduces any number of other issues

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