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I got a fitting about 2 months ago, and during the process, my seat was slammed really forward and up. This was to try to reduce some pain in a surgically repaired knee that is missing a lot of cartilage. At this point, the pain is not really gone and is more related to mashing big gears in the hills, so it is easy to avoid the problem. My question now is that since I am such a thick guy,(5"11", 215lbs) I always feel like the front of my bike is overweighted and always feel like I am not tracking correctly. This is painfully obvious in tight corners and steep downhills.
This issue did not occur when I originally got my bike or and previous bike in that I sat with the saddle farther back. Right now, I have a measurement of exactly 35" from the pedal top to the saddle top. So that I don't ruin that saddle to pedal relationship, is it possible to move my seat back and down and achieve that same distance, but fix my balance problem? I currently am running either a 100mm or 110mm stem depending on the day, but I don't fell much difference in them. I would be happy to go shorter if need by to counteract the balance problem. I am thinking that I will go back 1 cm at a time and try it for a week. Does this sound feasable?
The Flash....
I got a fitting about 2 months ago, and during the process, my seat was slammed really forward and up. This was to try to reduce some pain in a surgically repaired knee that is missing a lot of cartilage. At this point, the pain is not really gone and is more related to mashing big gears in the hills, so it is easy to avoid the problem. My question now is that since I am such a thick guy,(5"11", 215lbs) I always feel like the front of my bike is overweighted and always feel like I am not tracking correctly. This is painfully obvious in tight corners and steep downhills.
This issue did not occur when I originally got my bike or and previous bike in that I sat with the saddle farther back. Right now, I have a measurement of exactly 35" from the pedal top to the saddle top. So that I don't ruin that saddle to pedal relationship, is it possible to move my seat back and down and achieve that same distance, but fix my balance problem? I currently am running either a 100mm or 110mm stem depending on the day, but I don't fell much difference in them. I would be happy to go shorter if need by to counteract the balance problem. I am thinking that I will go back 1 cm at a time and try it for a week. Does this sound feasable?
The Flash....