preference of seat position
06-17-11, 06:18 PM
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preference of seat position
I'm curious to what most people prefer as far as seat positioning. Do you prefer to have a seat slightly back putting you more behind the crank or a seat position forward so you're pushing more down on the cranks?
06-17-11, 06:47 PM
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I have the lengthy arione and get the best of both worlds.
06-18-11, 08:46 AM
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Saw a picture of myself. Couldn't believe I don't flip over the bars when I'm hammering. If anything my saddle is forward of the BB, and I slide to the tip of the saddle when under pressure, even in turns.
06-21-11, 06:14 AM
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I'm a small guy so far enough back for morph exemption, but not far enough back to be legal otherwise 
06-21-11, 10:37 AM
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I'm kind of the same, my saddle is slammed forward TT style. It just works better for my body, as my femurs are so long that I find it hard to turn over the pedals at high wattage when my seat is in a normalish position.
06-21-11, 12:23 PM
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My coach suspects that I'm too forward and too low, but we'll see what comes out of a Retul next week and see if we should try some different stuff. It's interesting to hear a former pro tell me that I may have too much drop (compared to what I see in grand tour races). He said it may be a worthwhile tradeoff though, that I'm losing a bit of power but gaining aerodynamics. Might train in the more upright/back position and just figure out how to tuck better in races for those times it's needed. We'll see.
