Okay, bear with me on this and I'll try to explain what I am getting at. If you need more information, let me know.
I have relied on my trusty LBS to fit me on my road bike and have been extremely comfortable with the fit. Never gave a lot of thought on the angles, lengths, etc. when they were setting me up. My mistake, I should have been asking a billion questions. That said, I do know that my set up on my road bike has my knee pretty much right over my cleat.
Question #1 - When setting up my tri bike, should the relationship between my knee and my cleat be roughly the same?
Question #2 - If the answer is no, what is the difference?
I ask because I just went through the process of trying to set up my new Titanflex tri bike, which is now being replaced due to fitting issues. When I kept the knee to cleat relationship on the Titanflex close to that on my road bike, I was way too stretched out, to the point that an almost nonexistent stem would not have remedied the situation. To get the cockpit the correct length I had to position myself well forward of the road bike position, which led to a loss in power on climbs, some knee pain when pedaling, and an uncomfortable amount of weight on the front end due to rotating my whole body forward in relation to the bottom bracket.
Tom at Titanflex is doing everything he can to make this work, but I am simply looking for some general comments regarding positions. Again, please let me know if you need additional info to answer the question.
I have relied on my trusty LBS to fit me on my road bike and have been extremely comfortable with the fit. Never gave a lot of thought on the angles, lengths, etc. when they were setting me up. My mistake, I should have been asking a billion questions. That said, I do know that my set up on my road bike has my knee pretty much right over my cleat.
Question #1 - When setting up my tri bike, should the relationship between my knee and my cleat be roughly the same?
Question #2 - If the answer is no, what is the difference?
I ask because I just went through the process of trying to set up my new Titanflex tri bike, which is now being replaced due to fitting issues. When I kept the knee to cleat relationship on the Titanflex close to that on my road bike, I was way too stretched out, to the point that an almost nonexistent stem would not have remedied the situation. To get the cockpit the correct length I had to position myself well forward of the road bike position, which led to a loss in power on climbs, some knee pain when pedaling, and an uncomfortable amount of weight on the front end due to rotating my whole body forward in relation to the bottom bracket.
Tom at Titanflex is doing everything he can to make this work, but I am simply looking for some general comments regarding positions. Again, please let me know if you need additional info to answer the question.