Most forward saddle position?

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I do not have any sort of smart trainer. Just a dumb roller trainer I rarely use.

But as an update, I took the bike out with the new forward seat post and my normal saddle mounted. I stopped a couple times to dial in my height and position but I’m pretty close now. Definitely more comfortable. I found myself not feeling the need to reposition nearly as often. I would hold my position for much longer and I was pretty comfortable for almost the entire duration of the ride, 36 miles in 1:46 at an average of 20.2mph. That’s marginally faster than my best ever pace for a 20 mile ride and about 5% faster than my best pace for any ride 30+ miles.

The one thing I did notice is a lot more quad engagement, which I think is where the added speed/power came from. The only concern is I can see how it would be very easy to blow up on the bike and have nothing left for the run. But I just need to practice pacing myself. I’m going to shoot for an 18mph pace for IMAZ. If I can do that, I should be out of T2 by 4pm and that will give me a full 8 hours for the run (my absolute worst event).

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You should be able to walk the marathon in 6.5 hours.

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I would hope so, but this is my first (and likely only) full length. I want to give myself every opportunity to finish with time to spare. If that time to spare is an hour, then great. If it’s 30 seconds, I’ll take that too.

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Tell me you’ve never been aboard a competently adjusted fit bike without telling me you’ve never been aboard a competently adjusted fit bike.

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Pretty much. I did that one bike fit last year and honestly I was so disappointed, it felt like I just threw away $400. I’m no baller so that’s a pretty decent hit, and I’d rather not gamble another ~$400 on a fit that’s supposed to be better. Kind of gunshy, if you will.

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You could post a video of you riding on a trainer and get a fit from some of the best fitters in the world for free.

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I might be able to do that. I’ll try and set that up this weekend. Surely couldn’t hurt anything. (Except my ego. I’m not exactly svelte.)

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Be sure to wear your helmet in the video for a good fit analysis

My position over time has changed and have a really good one now

It’s true if your fit is good it actually feels better to be down in the aero bars VS sitting up

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About the only time I’m up on the bullhorns is when I’m climbing. I do know I’m not all that flat when I’m down though. My old cervical and lumbar spine just can’t deal with being cranked over too low for very long.

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I do know I’m not all that flat when I’m down though. My old cervical and lumbar spine just can’t deal with being cranked over too low for very long.//

Neither are most of the pros these days, the old flat back and get low as you can is old school and pretty much wrong now. Like so many other things that were thought to be fastest back in the day, only to be proven wrong by new technologies that can actually measure this stuff accurately.

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Surprised to see you on this bandwagon.

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Not sure what you mean Dave, is it the new positions of the top pros you are talking about, or something else???