Question: How do you make a TT bike normally ridden by a 5’8″ racing snake wife fit a 6’4″ sasquatch to use in a Triathlon relay next weekend?
Answer: find the biggest, fattest, ugly-stick you can and thrash the shit out of it’s beautiful face.
Kittens died in the making of this.
I plead necessity being the mother of invention. I’ve got all of 4 days to try and get my 40km time down to Mrs Stoner’s. Afterall, if she can do it in 1h10m* after doggy-paddling 1500m, Id better have a stab at matching that when fresh-as-a-daisy or I’ll be put back in the cellar with the cream in the basket again.
How quickly does Human Growth Hormone work? Is Stowford Press cider a banned stimulant?
*proxy-brag: Mrs S done came 4th in the National Age-Grade Tri champs on Saturday so she’s qualified for the Worlds in Rotterdam later this year. Good girl.
Looks fine. The only concern I would have is whether you can steer OK and not have cable issues. I’d move the saddle forward, and it can be lower than your road bike by at least a cm (useful if you are passed the max already). You probably don’t need quite as much rise on the bars either, it’s only 58 minutes after all. 😉
cheers TiRed – I will bear those changes in mind when I go out for a shakedown ride tomorrow morning. Might be able to push the saddle forward a smidge, but trying to avoid hitting my elbows with my knees.
but trying to avoid hitting my elbows with my knees
You need about one inch of gap. That’s currently very fashionably aero, especially with narrow elbows. A very slight downward tilt of the saddle may help with the undercarriage too, as I note you are running a standard road saddle. To be honest, whatever saddle Mrs Stoner is running may be more comfortable as it will be shorter and you’ll be perched on the nose of it anyway.
On-one ain’t going to warranty that frame with that seat post
Do they even warranty the frame when they manufacture it to the wrong seatpost tolerence 😉
but trying to avoid hitting my elbows with my knees
How are they hitting, I’m only 6’2″ and my elbows sit below the height my knees reach, on TT bike elbows clear by being just in front of my knees, on road bike in aero position on hoods/drops knees go in between elbows.