Economist wrote:
I have an old set of clip-ons that I want to throw on my gravel bike. I know the saddle may need to be tweaked, but I'm not sure how or what. I don't want to mess up my professional fit too much, but could really use another riding position for some of these long rides/races.
Thanks.
I've considered this. I have a pretty long and non technical paved greenway ride to get to the gravel I ride and have thought "huh, extra TT practice". Not to mention time saved riding the part of the ride that isn't as enjoyable as the gravel fun.
Thing is, the position I'm normally in on my cross bike would mean a big difference in saddle fore/aft (as you've noticed).
I think it depends on how often you plan to be in "aero". For a tri/TT bike, your saddle is up because you are meant to spend all your time in aero. But gravel, I could see it being a 50/50 mix.
If I really really wanted to do this, I'd probably say try out a really long split nose saddle meant for TT like an ISM. I find on my TT bike I can ride "comfy" endurance miles sat back and then "hard" miles like a TT sim up on the nose. Same idea maybe for an aero gravel setup.
Unless you invent a saddle rail mount you can slide and click into two distinct positions.