Riding position.

rampage7110

This is my first road bike.
I'm wondering if the position of the bars and lever look correct?
Thanks.

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imposter2.0

Position is more a factor of you being comfortable on the bike - not how cool the bike looks without you on it...

fenix

Is the saddle comfy like that ? Seems to be sloping down a lot ?

Matthewfalle

Yeah - bottom of the bars are horizontal so it means they are level.

Levers look fine if comfy for you but a tad high for me but we're all different. Any higher would be a no - no. In fact, you could probably bring them down a tad and sharpen/close up position without losing any comfort.

Agree with post above re saddle nose.

rampage7110

Thanks.
All my saddled have to be like that or it hurts my parts.
I found the brake levers hard to operate while on top of the hoods so was wondering if the position looked correct.

supermurph09

Bung it on the turbo and then take a pic

svetty

Although Imposter has posted in his usual sardonic tone he is right to imply that we need to see you on the bike to comment properly - and even then a static posed picture isn't as good as observing you riding on the road. A video link of you riding on a turbo is probably an OK compromise - although that still leaves you open to the vagaries of the opinions of a bunch of tw4ts on the internet

Matthewfalle

Rampage7110 wrote:

Thanks.
All my saddled have to be like that or it hurts my parts.
I found the brake levers hard to operate while on top of the hoods so was wondering if the position looked correct.

Sore todger is more likely to be down to the fore/aft or the actual saddle itself rather than nose position - I'd try levelling it out and moving it rather than having nose down. Looks quite far on the rails.

k-dog

Yeah, it looks quite far back to me - further forward and level would take the pressure off.

rampage7110

Thanks, I've moved the saddle forward and up at the front a bit and it seems better.