My position on the bike (pics)

Casbar

John.T wrote:

I don't think a 56cm is too small for you at 5' 10". I am 5' 11" and ride 56s with no problem.

JT...you bike looks too small for you :oops:

@ssk2 The shop I bought my Specialized from had a full box of different stems as part of their Specilaized Bike Fit service. It might be a good idea to go and try a few . Eitherway you look very upright on what essentially is a race bike. For a start I would definitely move up the saddle as I believe youhave to much bend in your knee at the bottom of your pedal stroke ( there has been some good advise on here ) and then flip the stem.

If you really wanted to ride in such an upright position because of back problems or even comfort maybe a Roubaix would have been the better choice of bike.

Btw I have a Roubaix and my body position is a lot lower than yours once in the drops

SimonPieman

I cant see the pics, have they been removed???

lemoncurd

I think you look too big on it because of the angle of the camera, it looks perfect to me.

This bloke thought he had the same problem:

cyco2

Have a look at this.

http://www.jimlangley.net/crank/bikefit.html

ga1

Had my road bike for a few months and thought it was ok.

Then an old family friend, who is 52 and has never driven, cycling almost everywhere, and has years of experience, offered to set the bike up for me.

Raised the seat about 2 - 3 inches, which was a real shock to me, and moved it forward horizontally as well.

The difference was actually quite unbelievable, like riding a totally different bike, and immediately increased the average speed on my rides, but more important I felt much more comfortable on the bike.

My advice would be that you cannot beat getting someone that knows what they are doing to spend a bit of time with you setting your bike up

garrynolan

Not an expert but even to me it looks too small. What I noticed is the saddle is too low - leg is bent a little too much at bottom of the downstroke. Also, if you corner with the pedals horizontal it could catch your toe (photo 1) and off you go! My tuppence worth.

cornerblock

That's it then, your position has become untenable.

Casbar

garrynolan

Hi

I have problem getting my ticker showing on the forum. I dont have this problem anywhere else

Can you help ? As yours seems to be working fine

Cheers

Cas

on the road

You don't need to worry about toe overlap too much, I have it on my bike and it doesn't make contact while cornering. You wan't be turning sharp enough for the wheel to contact your foot, unless you turn at right angles.