I want to get my saddle setback to 5cm behind the bottom bracket.
At the moment I use a 30 cm long Fizk Arione Tri saddle and I don’t want to change my position. Can I get my saddle a little bit more behind the bottom bracket with changing it from the long Arione to a short TT saddle but without changing my position?
I do not have any experience with the UCI legal position but you’re going to have to move your seat back, and see if you can tolerate sitting on the nose, otherwise something has got to give. Is everything else in your position UCI legal. Are you doing the Elite National Championships in 2009?
The adamo is your friend
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Ditto on the Adamo.
I had to completely change my tri position for a uci legal TT one time. Would have been a lot easier with the Adamo.
Me three on the Adamo. It’s 24cm long and my position went from being at least 2cm illegal to legal WITHOUT CHANGING MY POSITION.
It’s on the wide side though. Chamois butter is your friend.
How far is your arione behind the bb? Specialized saddles have longer rails. Also could try to find a Fizik Crono- at 5cm behind bb they feel abou 2 cm behind bb- long rails too.
Me four on the Adamo and me two on the chamois butter remark. The Adamo can take some getting used to.
Another option is a little saddle Fizik makes for BMX bikes. It’s just longer than the minimum UCI and is more conventional in design. My only problem with it is that it’s heavy. I’ve read that this is what Dave Zabriski and David Millar use on the Felt DAs to be UCI legal and still have some saddle beneath them.
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The Adamo will allow somewhere around 63mm more setback than the Arione, unless you have particularly wide sit bones.
The Arione reverse (ie turn your saddle around - it was something Pezcycling suggested) will give around 130mm more setback,
I compare saddles by measuring the length from the tip to where the saddle is 90mm wide and then the length to the max width point. You will likely sit somewhere between these points but most likely closer to the 90mm width. I’ve found it very effective for changing saddles around with no change in position.
I was able to get a UCI legal position on my P2SL at US Nats with a Specialized Toupe. Also-that saddle and UCI position combo is uber comfortable for me, but I only race 38k TT’s at the longest. YOur 100 mile results may very…a LOT!!
The whole “longer” thing with the Arione is a misnomer. If you take a “conventional” road saddle like a Flite etc and lay it upside down on the Arione, you’ll see that the nose to flair length is the same. The extra length is at the rear of the saddle when the “point” is, a place you never really sit on anyway.
The Adamo will allow somewhere around 63mm more setback than the Arione, unless you have particularly wide sit bones.
The Arione reverse (ie turn your saddle around - it was something Pezcycling suggested) will give around 130mm more setback,
I compare saddles by measuring the length from the tip to where the saddle is 90mm wide and then the length to the max width point. You will likely sit somewhere between these points but most likely closer to the 90mm width. I’ve found it very effective for changing saddles around with no change in position.
Thanks all.
Cyclenutnz doe you also have measurements of other 24 cm TT saddles? For example the new Fizik Ares?
I am now 2.5 cm behind my BB and only need 2.5cm.