Never thought of that, just always though you were suppose to leave it the way it is!
sigh
Your seat is too high.
Must not be if no one else brought it up ![]()
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I can’t tell about the seat height. Your heel is slightly raised which would indicate the seat too high. However your knee is bent and the angle looks about right, even though it is not at the furthest point in the revolution.
If you have hip problems, I wouldn’t lower the aerobars just yet.
And there aren’t too many people like Bjorn that can close off their chest without dying for air. In fact, I really only see TJ and Bjorn do it that extreme. Matty Reed goes more open like a scoop.
BTW, Don is a pretty good cyclist and has an “ok” coach, even if he is “only” an Age Grouper!!! But I’m not sure if the “you’re seat is too high” is a throw out to the common responses on ST about saddle height.
why does everybody think that jackmott knows what he’s talking about???
because he has like a million posts and posts on just about every thread.
No hip problems on my end, dont know why it was sticking so far out there, must have not really been paying attention to that.
Maybe you should strap your shoes too.
“But I’m not sure if the “you’re seat is too high” is a throw out to the common responses on ST about saddle height.”
Yeah those age grouper hacks ![]()
Its very simple, no “critique my position” thread can be taken as valid without a “your seat is to high” comment.
to the OP - yes its a long running joke, welcome to the forum! Seriously though, i’d be more concerned with your knees going out. Its a common occurence for people who lack the flexibility and are trying to get too low, the knee goes out at the top of the pedal stroke in order to make its way over the top. even before you go lower, try sliding the saddle a little further forward to see how it affects your hip angle & comfort. then take out spacers and see how each incremental change effects you.
Your elbows are way past 90’, so you are supporting your upper body with your upper back/shoulders.
Moving your saddle forward will get those closer to 90’ and let you support yourself with bone, and also open
your hip angle.
Please take that gawd-awful Raleigh out of the picture…it looks dirtier than a gas-station toilet.
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Hahaha, its my roommates bike. The funny thing is like 30 minutes before I took that picture one of his spokes just snapped. Its a pos alright, glad to know someone else is making fun of it!
repost when you make the changes
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Dropped lower, and lowered my seat a bit. Am I getting closer, looking better?
Havent flipped the stem yet
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yeah, a lot better.
hip angle: ~95 deg
knee angle: ~150 deg
seat angle: ~80 deg
once you get comfortable (both taint and neck) you can flip that stem upside down and get lower.
You saying those are my angles right now? Glad to know its looking better.
yeah. i dont think you mounted the seat bag correctly, it reminds me of a hangin pair of testes
Ha yeah it really does, I just threw it on really quick after I took off the rear water cage!
Wow dude…where to start? I almost lapsed into a combination of Touerrets syndrome and an epileptic seizure at those images.
First off, if you have the money for a PowerTap, you can afford a person to clean the joint up or clean it yourself. Remember, a clean house is a happy house. Dirty sock on the chair, dirty tube sock in front of your bike…icky. I bet the fish in your tank jump out just to get the images out of their poor fishy eyeballs. I would applaud you for the Miller Lite and forgive everything else…but then you had to go all uppity and claim Sam Adams as your brand. Piss water…at an expensive price. BTW…never keep an iron next to Miller Lite. The fine beer hates this and it turns into something shitty, like Sam Adams. I would suggest strapping in your shoes when on the bike…helps with power and staying attached to the bike too…amazing concept. Did you wipe your butt with the grip tape on the Raleigh? Sure looks like it. I would boil that rig in a vat or Purell. How about the Glade air freshener in the outlet…do you really think it has a fighting chance? With the funky socks and dirty towels, I bet that room (I mean petri dish) would glow like Chernobyl under a black light. It was that wasn’t creepy enough, that sheep molester grin you make will keep me awake for days. It’s almost like your proud of the filth.
Position looks OK, drop the spacers, raise the saddle and push it forward, relocate to a new place, burn the old one down.
lol entertaining
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Hey! Is that a “leg lamp” from Christmas Story on the table?
“He lay there like a slug. It was his only defence.”
Great movie!
Flip the stem.
Brad