After seeing so many people submitting their fits, I wanted to get some advice from the ST experts. I just received this bike about a week ago and have it set up very similarly to my old bike. The armpads are 17mm higher on this bike than mine from last year.
http://youtu.be/AvH4CDdVmFo
Notes: I race sprints and Olympics, so my position needs only to be optimized for <60 minutes.
0:00-0:10 is my relaxed, casual riding.
0:11-0:28 is turtling my head and shoulder blades. And yes, I can see up the road enough in that position.
Once the weather gets nicer out, I plan to field test my position against short tail helmet fairing, -17* stem (currently running -6* 90mm), and praying mantis style extensions.
not being able to slow it down or measure anything, I would have to say that your position looks very good to me if you can sustain that position. Seat height, drop, extension, head and helmet position, everything - looks very good. I would go so far as to say that this is one of the best positions I have seen in these critique my fit threads. I am not a certified fitter but I think I have a good idea of what constitutes a good fit. Do you feel strong and relatively comfortable?
Thanks for that!! And to everyone else who took the time out to view.
I am a bit sore right now, only because this is the 1st time back on a tri bike since August, so naturally certain spots need time to adjust. I was able to hold this position well last year during duathlons and a time trial. I did experience some leg cramping during the du’s but never for a stand alone TT, which leads me to believe I overcooked the 1st run.
As far as comfort goes, it is comfortable *enough. *I very rarely will ride my tri bike if it is not a hard effort because I like to treat this bike as “go time.” I would not throw on running flats or spikes unless I am racing or doing hard track work, so leaving the tri bike for races and hard efforts helps the flip that mental switch to “ON”.
I am excited to get in some field testing once the polar vortex in Chicago leaves to see how the new bike handles!