Long time lurker. I was fit (finally) on my road bike a few months back. As part of my purchase process 7ish years ago, a rudimentary fit was done. After all that time, I just got one done professionally. I think it was a BodyGeometry fit session. As PART of the process, my flexibility was noted/tested (I say that because I do not want to incur anyone's wrath or open a can of worms). I am not flexible at all. That informed some of the set-up....for now (I hope). I have researched this some and came across two posts.
This post seems to reflect the unimportance of flexibility in fit.
This post (from many moons ago) seems to say that flexibility does, at least in part, play a role. Post #17 of this thread reflects my fit experience. Using the hamstring testing methodology in that post, I was barely able to get to 45*, if at all.
I have been doing a lot of mobility work to fix a mild anterior pelvic tilt/lower crossed thing going on. I think that was playing a huge role in my hamstring's ability to work/stretch.
My fitter moved me from 27mm of spacers to 25mm of spacers; from a 90mm stem at 6* up to a 110mm stem at 12* up; from 42cm bars to 44 cm bars. My saddle to bars drop is about 7cm and I use 175mm cranks. I am 6'3" and 215#ish and ride a 58cm bike.
Now, on to my question. I say all of that to ask if, with improved flexibility and mobility, I can start to lower my front end a bit. Can I, as I improve in those areas and as a rider, start removing spacers little by little, or flip my stem at some point. To be honest, part of me wants to so that the bike doesn't look as odd and is compliance with :"the rules." If I were to remove the 5mm spacer to start, what effect would that have on my fit? I want to avoid every time I improve my fitness, flexibility, and mobility to get REfit. That will get spendy.
Thanks in advance. I know I am asking a road-specific question on a tri forum, but this seems a) applicable if/when I do get a tri bike and b) the best place on the Internets for bike questions.
This post seems to reflect the unimportance of flexibility in fit.
This post (from many moons ago) seems to say that flexibility does, at least in part, play a role. Post #17 of this thread reflects my fit experience. Using the hamstring testing methodology in that post, I was barely able to get to 45*, if at all.
I have been doing a lot of mobility work to fix a mild anterior pelvic tilt/lower crossed thing going on. I think that was playing a huge role in my hamstring's ability to work/stretch.
My fitter moved me from 27mm of spacers to 25mm of spacers; from a 90mm stem at 6* up to a 110mm stem at 12* up; from 42cm bars to 44 cm bars. My saddle to bars drop is about 7cm and I use 175mm cranks. I am 6'3" and 215#ish and ride a 58cm bike.
Now, on to my question. I say all of that to ask if, with improved flexibility and mobility, I can start to lower my front end a bit. Can I, as I improve in those areas and as a rider, start removing spacers little by little, or flip my stem at some point. To be honest, part of me wants to so that the bike doesn't look as odd and is compliance with :"the rules." If I were to remove the 5mm spacer to start, what effect would that have on my fit? I want to avoid every time I improve my fitness, flexibility, and mobility to get REfit. That will get spendy.
Thanks in advance. I know I am asking a road-specific question on a tri forum, but this seems a) applicable if/when I do get a tri bike and b) the best place on the Internets for bike questions.