So I know I’m not where I should be, but I’ve made some changes since I bought this bike last summer (first season). I wasn’t fit at that time, but the bike felt good.
I put on a new seat post that allowed me to move my seat more forward than stock. It has helped - I was really stretched out before.
Before / After photos coming soon…
My expert analysis:
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Clean out your in-box!
Fleck
That was my non-expert analysis!
Dude you need a sandwich!
I’d try to get your upper arms a bit more vertical, and the front end a bit lower. A shorter stem with a drop in it might be all you need. Plus the sandwich.
may I suggest shaving?? (a lot…)
Put your stem horizontal and take a pic holding the bars s-bend-like, meaning on the horizontal part.
Also take a pic of your bike without you, just the bike. Post. We’ll talk more then.
Is that a shadow or is that chest hair?
You’re DQ’d - No Shirt! How offensive.
Chris
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I say you just yank off the clip-ons and race in the drops.
WOW! That’s quite a stem you got going on!
I feel bad making fun of this, but on a serious note, I have heard that the way many triathletes are positioned on their aero-bars they would be as good or better just riding on the drops of road bars.
In fact many road cyclists are better aerodynamically positioned on their bikes than triathletes are on their funky time-trial bikes.
Fleck
What you have just done is open your self to guess work of others. Through fashion and lemming like beliefs you will now be postioned in a way that is nothing more than “Uh I guess you could do this.” God speed young man.
It came on the bike. I didn’t even know what a stem was when I bought it. I know it ain’t pretty, hence the request for feedback…
Make as much fun as you like, not hurting my feelings. I rode last year in the drops, thought I’d try aero this year. it’s a start…
On the same note, I actually think he’d be in a more aero position on the drops of the road bar than the aero bars with the current set-up.
I feel bad making fun of this, but on a serious note
I wasn’t making fun, my post was on a serious note.
There 3 routes you can take from this point:
Try and get as well positioned on the Giant Road bike for Road riding( no clip-ons to start) - because there is some work to be done there and then tweak that a bit later on when adding the clip ons at some point.
Get rid of the Giant and start again with a tri -specific bike
Retro-fit the Giant for tri/time trial riding( Not preferable and last resort)
If I was advising you I would go with the first part of number one to start. There still is a fair amount of work you could do on just the road positioning that would be of tremendous help no matter what you do after that.
Fleck
Note the utter lack of anything to pick on away from the body/bike! Clearly dude wanted to narrow down the commentary. Good show of judgment with THAT part. Of course, the kudos ends w/ going shirtless. Hey, STers, why are only guys going sans tops in these pics? SAC, start using your pull to get this into a more fair balance…
My man, you are more upright than I am when riding on the tops of my drop bars. Tibbs has a point, but at least this much is unambiguous… you are really really high. Unless your hammies and low back muscles are made of rope, you can/should get a lot lot lot lower. Melt down the stem into a paperweight for starters and get one that’s flat.