rruff wrote:
ElliotOP wrote:
I don't think you need to go lower. By increasing reach and slightly angling the bars up, you'll be able to streamline your body, drop your head and shrug your shoulders naturally, improving your posture dramatically (problem #2). As others said, your helmet sucks.
^^^^This!!! You can achieve a good position with very little change to your bike.
Shrug and turtle. If you don't know what that means, ask. Hold your head so you can just peer up the road with your eyes as high as possible.
Instead of pulling your shoulders down in front of your chest, pull them up and forward, towards your ears. With a little more reach and tilt it should feel more natural and easier to hold.
Try other helmets...
Another thing... IF you end up wanting more drop to the pads, and that bike has a normal stem (I think it does), you can spend $30 to get one that is angled down a bit. You definitely don't need a smaller frame.
I straightened the photo out so the tires are level at their highest point.
There is reach to be had by stretching him out with placing the pads in front of the extension clamps, but he also needs to move forward on the saddle by as much if not more. Therefore, he is looking at a net loss in making the pad move not to mention he'll need longer extensions. The IA is just a short bike and I had mistaken the bar for the Devox Bayo3 which makes things worse in that the great low stack bike now becomes a high stack deal. It's not that he needs to be on a smaller frame, he just needs something longer and lower. But he can make this bike work with a longer negative stem and the pad move, but is that ideal?
Agree on the shrug and turtle, but I don't think the reach is there to be had when one considers how he is sitting on the saddle.
ETA: Moving forward on the saddle will make this position look better since saddle will be coming up as well.
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