Lower Bars = Painful Quads?
nakita222
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I lowered my bars, rode round outside my house in this position and found my quads were hurtin, because of this. Is this normal. Also what are the advantages and disadvantages of a lower position.
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Might be you're sitting differently on your saddle to compensate.
Advantage of a lower position is principally less drag.
And it looks cooler.0 -
can youu put out the same amount of power or not, because it might be more aero, but if you put out less power, strictly speaking there is no advantage.
Looking cooler,
Should i lower my saddle or something to componsate0 -
nakita222 wrote:can youu put out the same amount of power or not, because it might be more aero, but if you put out less power, strictly speaking there is no advantage.
Looking cooler,
Should i lower my saddle or something to componsate
It's hard to say. You may be stretching further to reach the bars, and so moving forward on the saddle - your hamstring might be a little tight and so you're changing your pedalling style - could be a number of things.
Personally, I'm doing the same - lowering my bars - so that I can become as powerful as I was before in the same position.0 -
If you are closing your hip angle too much, then power will suffer, its always a toss up between going lower vs power produced, hence why I am not as low as some on a TT bike.
You probably need to move your saddle to compensate for the lower bar position to keep the hip angle open.0 -
how many spacer do you remove at a time. In mm. I only have 40mm before I'm running it slammed down. But I most probably leave a 20mm under0
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nakita222 wrote:how many spacer do you remove at a time. In mm. I only have 40mm before I'm running it slammed down. But I most probably leave a 20mm under
*shrugs*
Quite a few.
I already was reasonably low. Haven't been very scientific about it. Just dropped them and carried on pedalling, with a conscious effort to hold the new position.0
