It looks like your saddle is a bit high.

You point your toes a good amount near the bottom of the pedal stroke. That's not the end of the world. Some really good cyclists do that. But the middle of the bell curve would be to have a flatter foot position at that point.

But your saddle position is already looking borderline high looking at your minimal knee flexion while at the bottom of the stroke. So that might be related, e.g. you're having to "reach" with your toes to get to the bottom of the stroke.

I know it's an ST meme, but your saddle might be a little too high.

Edit: Dang, Jim beat me to it!

bout an inch or so i'd say

Thanks for all the comments. I hadn't considered how far my foot was angled downward at the bottom of the pedal stroke.

I went back to the old rule of thumb that the heal of the shoe should just reach the pedal at the bottom of the pedal stroke. This led me to move the seat down 2 cm. I also moved the aerobars down 1.5 cm. While trying that position on the trainer, I pondered raising the saddle back up slightly, perhaps 0.5 cm, but I can see in the video that my foot is still angled downward at the bottom of the pedal stroke.

And you still need more reach to the armpads, about 25-30 mm or so.

Jeroen

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Owner at TRIPRO, The Netherlands

Yep, more reach needed.

I bet if you put ur elbows actually onto the pads and then have ur hands cover the shifters it would get the reach you need

Do you always pedal that slowly? Show us at race cadence/power.

Along with doing the above re gripping the bars at the ends (drape your hands over the shifters) and moving elbows forward, I (as a non-expert) would consider lifting the bars a bit so you can relax your shoulders into the fit more.

Many thanks for all the comments.

I moved the elbow pads forward 3 cm and made corresponding changes to my hand position. I have been accustomed to gripping the aerobars just behind the shifters. I have now moved my hands 3 cm forward so that my fingers are over the shifters.



Regarding elbow position relative to the elbow pads, I find it more comfortable to have my elbows just behind the pads.

I have been watching bike fit videos. Fraser Cartmell has his elbows immediately behind the pads and his fingers over the ends of the aerobars.



Paula Findlay just released a wind tunnel video. She also has her fingers over the ends of the aerobars. For the early wind tunnel tests, her elbows are just behind the pads, but she seems to have her elbows over the pads in the final scenes.



One thing that influenced me in both videos is the discussion of relaxing the shoulders. In Fraser's bike fit, this is accomplished in part by setting the elbow pads wide. This is something I have adopted on my own bike. My hands are close together, but I have the elbow pads mounted at their widest setting. Of course, narrower is probably better for aerodynamics.

That looks so much better. Regarding the place of the elbows on the pad it is a matter of personal preference. If you like the tip of your elbow slitghly behind, no problem, if you can set your pad 10 mm forward you will have that position of the elbow.
If you pull your elbow back, the fit will slightly change. I would advise to not have the hands really over the shifters but the have the thumb on the edge of the shifter.

Relaxing the shoulders is getting used to this position and it is possible with narrower pads then the widest setting. It doesn't have to do a lot with flexibility but it is more getting used to it and spend enough time in this position. I'm pretty inflexible in my shoulder area and changed to pro-like width of the armpads 2 years ago.
That costed me some discomfort/tension for the firts 4 rides, after that it felt okay and now it is a comfortable as the wider position was.

But your fit now looks much better!

Best,

Jeroen

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Owner at TRIPRO, The Netherlands

"elbow pads 3cm forward" is the start of a good position.

Eric

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