Tom A. wrote:
trail wrote:
Titanflexr wrote:
If this is the case, it's a good reason for the UCI to amend its saddle setback rules (assuming they actually cared about safety). The current rules basically force riders to sit way off the front of the saddle.
I don't know exactly why, but I do that anyway, even outside UCI restrictions.
When going full-gas TT it's just the most comfortable position for me.
And I don't think I'm alone there.
Edit: That's Lionel Sanders, I think. Not me. :)
Exactly...a "short nose" split saddle and "junk off the front"...basically "perched" on just the sit bones...is what allows for an effective (and comfortable) rotated forward position
JOF is pretty standard for tri positioning on a split nose saddle (by design). Looking at LS' position, he's got a forward angled seatpost and a pretty steep position. For the UCI pros, they can't put the saddle that far forward (LS had to do a bunch of changes for his hour record as well), so they go beyond "JOF" (supporting their weight on the pubic rami). Most of us on split nose saddles can also attest that it is a wider/more stable platform for nose riding than trying to do so with a conventional saddle where the weight is on soft tissue (taint) and you are much less planted.
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