This is reference to my “I have to stay off the bike for a while” thread.

Okay, I jumped on the road bike for the first time in a couple weeks. I leveled the Brooks B 17 and took off. With the saddle level, I constantly slide forward. I have a ton of pressure on my hands in order to hold my sit bones back where they need to be. My seat post is a one bolt style and the next notch up tipped the nose up quite a bit. This position kept me right in the perfect spot for my sit bones, I never felt like I was sliding forward or backwards. It also took the pressure off my hands. You can guess what happens though. This put a lot of pressure in the perineum area. So that doesn't work. The saddle was all the way back so I started moving it forward with the saddle level, to see if this helped and it really didn't. The way the Brooks B 17 is made, my sit bones naturally want to slide down and forward. I'm really not sure how anyone sits on them.

I've question whether or not my stem was to long and whether or not that had any thing to do with my issues. I took a mirror out to the garage and sat on the bike to see how I was sitting. In my unprofessional opinion I was leaning forward more than the 45 degrees that is recommended.

So my next steps are, waiting until I have enough money, to buy a shorter stem and seat post. I’m going to search around and see if I can pick up a used stem(90mm 17degree) and post or a cheap one of eBay.