I've been experimenting with my positioning a bit with an ergostem and have decided to try to find a bar position which allows me to "slump" my torso down onto my aero bars.
The position I've been using required me to use a little bit of my lats to hold my torso in line with my shoulder joint. I want to get rid of that little bit of muscle tension and slump my torso (ie lower my torso without lowering my pad height) a little bit. This should also get my head a bit more out of the airflow and narrow my shoulder profile a touch, but what I'm really looking for is complete upper body relaxation on the bike.
The problem I'm having is that the "slumped" positions seem to require a very high pad height to avoid hitting my thighs into my lower rib cage. This doesn't seem to affect power much, but I'm off of my training routine so it's hard to tell.
Who else is riding with a "slumped" position? Can you maintain this position for long distances?
On a related note, how many of you ride with your thighs hitting your body at all? Are they just lightly grazing your body, or are your thighs gently bumping your rib cage on every stroke?
FYI, I'm just out of Team ShortTwitch at around 5-8, 150 lbs. Not much gut, so that's not an issue, and I sit about as far forward as I can on a converted (Thomson reversed and Fast Forward posts under experimentation right now) road bike. 170mm cranks, Syntace C2s.
Thanks for the feedback.
The position I've been using required me to use a little bit of my lats to hold my torso in line with my shoulder joint. I want to get rid of that little bit of muscle tension and slump my torso (ie lower my torso without lowering my pad height) a little bit. This should also get my head a bit more out of the airflow and narrow my shoulder profile a touch, but what I'm really looking for is complete upper body relaxation on the bike.
The problem I'm having is that the "slumped" positions seem to require a very high pad height to avoid hitting my thighs into my lower rib cage. This doesn't seem to affect power much, but I'm off of my training routine so it's hard to tell.
Who else is riding with a "slumped" position? Can you maintain this position for long distances?
On a related note, how many of you ride with your thighs hitting your body at all? Are they just lightly grazing your body, or are your thighs gently bumping your rib cage on every stroke?
FYI, I'm just out of Team ShortTwitch at around 5-8, 150 lbs. Not much gut, so that's not an issue, and I sit about as far forward as I can on a converted (Thomson reversed and Fast Forward posts under experimentation right now) road bike. 170mm cranks, Syntace C2s.
Thanks for the feedback.
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