The seat height for the above Cervelo is only for the picture purpose, I don't think anyone would ride in that position on a regular basis, unless on your racing day, you just can't ride long with your back bend down this much.

You should have them fit you and suggest what stem size. Did they not at least do a basic fit when you bought your bike? If your saddle is in the right place, you should ask about a zero set back seat post (I don't know if they make one, but it would work better the way you have the bike set up).

IMO a good fitting is very much worth the money if you end up having to pay for it. Good luck and enjoy your bike.

Hate it when that happens. ;)

I'm just going to go ahead and say this is 100% incorrect.

Maybe you are young and have strong back, that is good, it was just my personal opinion.

Perfection SA!

just because a picture shows a large saddle to bar drop doesn't mean that the personal looks abnormal on their bike. he has longer arms and has a more flexible back than most of you with your saddles level to your handlebars. also the compact geometry makes the drop look more extreme because there's more seatpost showing.

it just means he has different proportions from you. He may have extremely long arms for his body. It may not have anything to do with flexibility. I posted my BMC a couple of pages back, and while the drop isn't as extreme as the Cervelo's drop, it still has a substantial saddle to bar drop. I am not at all flexible. I actually can't touch my toes. If I stand and bend over, my palms hit at my knees and I can't go any further, yet my bike is extremely comfortable to me.

You said, "I don't think anyone would ride in that position on a regular basis". It may be your opinion, but it's still wrong.

Most of the time I spent looking at this Bridgestone was trying to figure out this very issue. The 2nd and 3rd pics are quite nicely done, but in the 1st pic you can see where the item beneath the non-drive side pedal was photoshopped out. Nice touch.

Thanks everyone for the kind words. I am still not done with the S2, I never am really. It will definitely look a little different soon. Getting another lighter set of bars, and a lighter stem. I want to change my inner chainring to a black one as well. It's about 14.4lbs in this pic, and it's 13.5lbs on the 404 tubies. I've got some ideas on how to get another 1/2lb off of it. When I went with the compact bars, the longer stem was really needed. It is so comfortable now it's ridiculous, plus I have a nice bit of room up front to really get low in a sprint, and put the power down.

You pretty much nailed it. I have a relatively short torso, and I am all arms, and legs. The sloping top tube does exaggerate the drop. If you use the lines of the siding on the side of my house for a reference point, it isn't all that big of a drop. It's only like 5". My training/crit bike has a level top tube, one size up (56cm) frame, and it doesn't look as extreme, but it is actually 1/2" lower, and with the standard curve bars, it is even more in the drops.

http://crxbart.com/cycling/lateaprilbikes4.jpg

I need a new pic of this bike too. It has a newer Force RD, and a Force Compact crankset now, plus I drilled a bunch of holes in the bottle cages now.

Also yes, I ride these bikes a lot. Despite breaking my collarbone in a crash this year. I still am somewhere north of 5k miles for the year.

Why would anyone change their seat height for race day? That is a disaster waiting to happen.

I put some black chainrings on my Cervelo....I think it's looking pretty hot.
http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/...07/Image-1.jpg

That's hot

almost my twin. 56cm I presume? Hot BTW!

I got my Back to Black decals in today for my 404's.

http://crxbart.com/cycling/s2v4pic4.jpg

Must. Resist. Posting. My S2 until after I replace the temporary SPD pedals with my Look Keo Carbons.

Hurry up changing pedals only takes like 2min max.

It would just be for show, though. I haven't received my new road shoes yet. Gotta be authentic.

If I see another Cervelo I'm going to throw up.

Now this is hot, even without tires that I need to pick up tomorrow:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...45926856_n.jpg

might be hot if it had tires and the photo were actually, you know, in friggin' focus.

It's focused on the inside of the fork

Terrific. Put a bird on it and it'll be art.