Help me slam my stem
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Not enough (or any) forward rotation of the pelvis. Stem way too short and too high. Bars pointing upwards. A fit nightmare basically.
You cannot get a good fit on a race bike without rotating forwards at the pelvis.
I would just buy a 130mm stem, slam it and adjust your bars so they're not pointing upwards. The bars will feel so far away that you'll have to rotate forward to be able to reach them, and that's your goal. Saddle will probably need to go down a bit (unless you have very flexible hamstrings)
You cannot get a good fit on a race bike without rotating forwards at the pelvis.
I would just buy a 130mm stem, slam it and adjust your bars so they're not pointing upwards. The bars will feel so far away that you'll have to rotate forward to be able to reach them, and that's your goal. Saddle will probably need to go down a bit (unless you have very flexible hamstrings)
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Wookski wrote:Just slam and deal with it- Spacers are horrible
Horrendously stupid advice. Recipe for spending an extended period on the physio's bench.
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DJT21 wrote:Not enough (or any) forward rotation of the pelvis. Stem way too short and too high. Bars pointing upwards. A fit nightmare basically.
You cannot get a good fit on a race bike without rotating forwards at the pelvis.
I would just buy a 130mm stem, slam it and adjust your bars so they're not pointing upwards. The bars will feel so far away that you'll have to rotate forward to be able to reach them, and that's your goal. Saddle will probably need to go down a bit (unless you have very flexible hamstrings)
He may not have the biomechanics in place to allow him to assume the posture that you are prescribing. A lot of people who lack the hip mobility to ride with a very closed hip angle will just further round the lower back in order to reach a lower handlebar, and hunch the shoulders upward to handle the longer reach, so it is not a given that the rotation will occur at the pelvis with your setup suggestion. Similarly, he may/may not need a saddle adjustment, but as he rotates his pelvis forward to handle a longer/lower front end it will increase how acute the angle between his thigh and torso is at the top of the pedal stroke. If he lowers his staddle further, as you suggest, it will actually increase that angle further, which will stress the hip complex including the upper hamstrings more. It is unclear, when you mention hamstring flexibility, at which part of the pedal stroke you think that may be a limiter, but since they span 2 joints it is important to specify.
THe hamstrings will be the limiter at probably the 5 o clock position. If you think about rotating your pelvis forward, it raises your sit bones off the saddle and effectively makes your reach to the pedal a bit further. I guess TT riders overcome this by moving their saddles further forward (that also opens up the hips), but a road position is not as extreme as a TT position.
Something else that might make it more comfortable is dropping the nose of the saddle ever so slightly
Something else that might make it more comfortable is dropping the nose of the saddle ever so slightly
antonioiglesius wrote:Mep wrote:I have a long torso and tend to slouch so it makes sense that you guys are saying to straighten my back. Are we talking about lower or upper back though?
What I'm interpreting so far is to tilt the saddle angle down slightly (mine is perfectly level currently), rotate hips forward and try to bring up lower back to be more parallel to the ground.
Meld has an article on hip rotation https://medium.com/@meld3d/hip-rotation-5919de70a956, the pictures may be useful. For me, I think of it as pushing my stomach forward, so more of a lower back thing. Also, lowering stem impacts bike fit, so you may need to adjust say your stem length, saddle position etc. And because it impacts fit, it's best to do it a little at a time and have the body adjust gradually.
Amazing article, thank you for linking this. Makes a lot of sense, especially when I just hopped off a 2h trainer ride with my sitbones sore. Next week I'm going to try and tilt the saddle down till I can feel my sitbones lifting slightly off.
The idea of a longer stem is a little beyond me right now, even if it may well eventually be the right one.
I like a few mm of spacers, I think slammed marks you out as a) a Fred with a too long head tube or b) a short guy
Degenkolb's bike for E3:
Marin wrote:I like a few mm of spacers, I think slammed marks you out as a) a Fred with a too long head tube or b) a short guy
Completely
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Marin wrote:Degenkolb's bike for E3:
http://cdn.velonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/212A9046-copy-800x486.jpg
So, did Degenkolb grow in height from his Giant-riding days, or was he a Fred back then?
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The result of lowering saddle angle by about 5 degrees was pretty significant. I'm starting to see how some folks think I actually need a longer stem. Weird.
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Do you have the saddle pushed forward? Kind of looks like it. Rather than looking stretched, you look cramped. And still very upright.
There's sometimes a buggy.
How many drivers does a buggy have?
One.
So let's just say I'm drivin' this buggy...
and if you fix your attitude you can ride along with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekiIMh4ZkM
How many drivers does a buggy have?
One.
So let's just say I'm drivin' this buggy...
and if you fix your attitude you can ride along with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekiIMh4ZkM
Tilting the saddle forward effectively lowers it. It now looks too low and too far forward - and the handlebar seems to be too high and too close relative to the saddle.
Tilting the saddle 5 degrees is a lot. Was it really that much nose up before?
Tilting the saddle 5 degrees is a lot. Was it really that much nose up before?
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