geoffreydean wrote:
ianpeace wrote:
Well, look - if you're asking "does this bike fit?/can I go lower?" the answer is yes of course you can simply remove some of the arm pad pedestal and voila, you're lower. They only issue you might face is not the 94.5 degree hip angle but the hip angle when that leg is at the top of the pedal circle - and that brings us to the two critical questions as it relates to this bike purchase:
1) How long 'dem cranks?
2) Are you willing to pony up for shorter ones?
Ian
So to understand your reply, @ 94.5 degrees, I'm bumping up against the limit? But if I get a 170 or so crank, I can go lower? And yes there are a bunch of spacers on the front end that can come out, but I'm wondering more about not getting too pinched.
There’s no limit, there is no spoon. Ignore the angles. Comfort, power, aerodynamics.
Your fit is not optimal. If it were, you’d normalize hip angle as you optimized, which would probably result in the proper length cranks for that position and your power output and use case, ie shorter cranks, as well as a normalized reach, UCI rules dependent.
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