Using the FIST road protocol with and exit fit bike...
1. A common feedback input after the bike is ridden on the road is that there is too much weight on the bars. I'm thinking that the fit bike gives an illusion level of comfort that the bike on the road does not convey.
2. How to decide how much saddle setback / seat angle is too far? My clients like it as far as it will go, but that does not necessarily transfer to a bike. When at the maximum on the road, riders tend to push themselves off the saddle and use a lot more upper body to stay in place. The relaxed angle seems to cancel out a thigh/saddle lockup on a level saddle. Is stem length the answer? Drive a rider to a smaller frame with a long stem? Then there is maximum seat tube extension...if the customer is comfortable, where does it stop?
Thinking too much...
Thanks, Ron
http://www.mybicyclefit.com
1. A common feedback input after the bike is ridden on the road is that there is too much weight on the bars. I'm thinking that the fit bike gives an illusion level of comfort that the bike on the road does not convey.
2. How to decide how much saddle setback / seat angle is too far? My clients like it as far as it will go, but that does not necessarily transfer to a bike. When at the maximum on the road, riders tend to push themselves off the saddle and use a lot more upper body to stay in place. The relaxed angle seems to cancel out a thigh/saddle lockup on a level saddle. Is stem length the answer? Drive a rider to a smaller frame with a long stem? Then there is maximum seat tube extension...if the customer is comfortable, where does it stop?
Thinking too much...
Thanks, Ron
http://www.mybicyclefit.com