My first ride on new bike (newbie)

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10-31-10, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrianinkc

That saddle goes from the 1.1 to the 4.5 madone. It's just something to sit on, which I find kinda shady. How do they sell a $2100 bike with the same saddle as a $700 bike ???

cause its trek

OP enjoy your ride, don't forget about bottles...soon enough you'll need 2...

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Originally Posted by LowCel

If his lower back and neck are hurting the last thing he should do is flip the stem. At this point he just needs to ride that shiny new bike as much as possible and keep a smile on his face.

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Originally Posted by trek21

Yes I got a bike fitting done and he told me to go back in a week or 2 if I have any pains or sorenesses still

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Originally Posted by Sardian

Congrats on the new bile, looks good. I like the colors.

Last year I flipped my stem as soon as I got my new bike and had tons of back trouble. I flipped it back after a while and the problems went away. I have it flipped again and all is fine. Honestly for casual riding I dont' see any reason to flip it anyway, except for looks :-)

Don't make any adjustments until you have miles under your belt and see what you need then, if after a while your buttom still hurts, you may need to check into a new saddle.

I like looking at my average mph too. People here go into fits when someone brings up average mph so don't mention it too often, but I still like looking at mine :-)

Miles, miles, miles....

I agree there is no point in rushing into making a lot of changes to your bike fit. A systematic approach, one thing at a time is key. Lennart Zinn, and several others, has written a very good guide to bike fitting.

My take on it is that seat height and setback are the primary adjustment. This is what gives power and comfort to the bike fit. With a properly fitted seat, while bent over the bars in a riding position you should be able to take both your hands off the bars and unhurriedly go from the drops to the tops and vice versa. If you can't do this because you're falling off the seat you have an issue.

Assuming you've got the seat correctly positioned then address the bar reach.

I'm going to attach a couple of videos that I find interesting concerning handlebar height.