Yes, well that's basicly how I ended up where I am. We positioned my cleat such that my foot was in the correct place over the spindle, then moved my saddle such that my knee was directly over the spindle and adjusted saddle height to get knee angle in the established range of ~145-150 degrees, and then picked a cockpit/stem length that got me to the right back angle and allowed me to get as low as I could get without running into hip flexibility issues so my pelvis wasn't rocking on the saddle.Alexandrumarian wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 5:42 pmYour current position is not preventing you from having bent arms. Just lean forward and your arms will bend. How low and for how long depends primarily on your flexibility and core. If the bike is too small/short reach, you will feel the bars under your neck and want to push your butt over the saddle. As for the saddle position, I happened to settle very close to the kops thing. I didn't search for it, it happened in years of tinkering with the position. More forward I get all sort of knee issues, more backward I feel too closed to put down the power.
I am tight through the hips but have good back and hamstring flexibility.
Anyhow, I think it's worth just moving things back about 2cm and testing out the shorter stem for a couple rides before I sell the bike for 1/2 what I paid. Other than handling, the bike is pretty nice otherwise.