Shirley at the end of the day only the rider can say what fits or doesn't?
All this faith in fitting schemes is pish, as guidance perhaps but not the be all and end all.
Don't you get a feel for whats wrong or right? four things I pick up on right away are saddle height, stem length, stem height and chainstay length. And just riding along you can tell if the bars are too narrow, saddle angle wrong etc etc.
Just go and look at some successfull riders and you'll see loads of odd set ups, like mine small frame as poss and maxed out with post and stem.
Someone borrowed my bike a while back and fiddled with it! saying this should be here and that there NO that's evolved over nearly four decades of racing bikes don't tell me my hoods should be like this or that.
The other thing, and this might be just me but I find the fit of a bike slightly out when I'm 'cold' and fine a few mile in?
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Road bike - comfort issues
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As a gross generalisation you normamly find mtb saddle heights lower than road heights. But then I normally see 80-90% of riders on mtbs with saddles too high. But if you look at my bikes (which have all been setup on different fit systems - 4 of) the mtbs are about 10-15mm lower at a rough guestimate.
But don;t compare and get it fitted properly, all your bikes, might as well.
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Just to add to what seems to be a consensus - saddle too high, bike too short.
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As an aside, I've never understood why folk have a lower saddle on mtb than road.
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As an aside, I've never understood why folk have a lower saddle on mtb than road.
You've got bollocks haven't you? Well with a saddle set at the same height on a mountain bike as you would on a road bike, you won't have for much longer.
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"how are you comparing seat height from mtb to road bike?"
Centre of BB to top of saddle.Saddle down and back seems to have helped a little, but basically any weight on my hands sets off my shoulder. I'm going to try a fitting at the weekend.
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Cynic_Al - YGM.
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It May well be that now you've got the 'injury' you won't be able to correct your position until it heals as it'll always hurt. I'd sugest keeping off the road bike for a while - ride an mtb on road if you need to since you said that doesn't hurt.
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I would like a prism on my bars so I could see in front of me without having to tilt my head up all the time. After a long ride on the road my neck and shoulders really ache.
Maybe it's because you ride with a peaked helmet?
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As an aside, I've never understood why folk have a lower saddle on mtb than road.
Rubbish. Wen you stand up on level pedals your nuts are well clear of the saddle. For general trail mountain biking there is no need to go low with the saddle - most of the time you're just pedalling, and when you're not pedalling you're standing up. At least you should be.You've got bollocks haven't you? Well with a saddle set at the same height on a mountain bike as you would on a road bike, you won't have for much longer.
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There's a bajillion variables on road bikes. Sounds a bit like there's too much weight on your arms to me, but I dunno. I'd definitely recommend professional fit. I've never done it but I spent ages and lots of money on bars, saddles etc on my bike and finally got it pretty good. Then I was riding along in front of this old geezer the other day and he told me that my saddle was too high cos my pelvis was rocking from side to side. I had thought the height was spot on (based on the heel-straight-leg thing) but I lowered it anyway. Felt really weird at first but I've kept it there and it's really helped even more.
Another variable is the shape of the drop on your bars and the angle of rotation, and consequently the position of the levers. I fiddled with this for ages, now I've got it right at last. Previously I was almost unable to use the drops, now I can ride 80% of the time on them.
So what you think you know might not be right, hence professional fit.
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