Had my first ever bike fit this week, and guess what??? I've been doing it all wrong!!
Well not quite
My position was pretty much bob on apart from the fact that my knee was a good 20mm behind the pedal spindle.
So because everything else was almost perfect, this means that my stem needs to be increased by 20mm to retain my good posture.. and because I'm already running a 120, this poses me a few problems.
Hardly anyone makes a 140mm stem.
Found one though - 3T make one (ARX Team) that looks splendid. It means getting rid of the Ritchey WCS Carbon, and getting alu instead, but I don't think the weight penalty will be noticable, if there at all. Anyone tried this one?
So now I've changed one part of the finishing kit, it makes me want to change the rest, because I'm Ritchey all round currently. The seatpost needs to be replaced ideally anyway because it seems the seat tube angle makes it impossible to get the saddle level. It's only a couple of mm out, but if I'm doing the stem I may as well do the seatpost.
The 3T Stylus 0 Team looks great. I wanted to stay carbon for comfort and it matches the stem perfectly. Anyone got one?
So now what about bars? They do an ErgoNova Team (Carbon) or Pro (Alu) and there's about £100 difference in price. Yes it's 60g lighter, but do I really need carbon bars? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? I've heard that a lot of pros use alu bars, or is that just stems?
Anyway, any advice would be gratefully received.
Well not quite
My position was pretty much bob on apart from the fact that my knee was a good 20mm behind the pedal spindle.
So because everything else was almost perfect, this means that my stem needs to be increased by 20mm to retain my good posture.. and because I'm already running a 120, this poses me a few problems.
Hardly anyone makes a 140mm stem.
Found one though - 3T make one (ARX Team) that looks splendid. It means getting rid of the Ritchey WCS Carbon, and getting alu instead, but I don't think the weight penalty will be noticable, if there at all. Anyone tried this one?
So now I've changed one part of the finishing kit, it makes me want to change the rest, because I'm Ritchey all round currently. The seatpost needs to be replaced ideally anyway because it seems the seat tube angle makes it impossible to get the saddle level. It's only a couple of mm out, but if I'm doing the stem I may as well do the seatpost.
The 3T Stylus 0 Team looks great. I wanted to stay carbon for comfort and it matches the stem perfectly. Anyone got one?
So now what about bars? They do an ErgoNova Team (Carbon) or Pro (Alu) and there's about £100 difference in price. Yes it's 60g lighter, but do I really need carbon bars? What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks? I've heard that a lot of pros use alu bars, or is that just stems?
Anyway, any advice would be gratefully received.