Seat and Bar position on tri bikes
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Tri Fanatic posted 44 weeks ago.
I remember reading or hearing somewhere that something like the seat should be about 5-10 cm higher than the bars.
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Triguy98 posted 44 weeks ago.
You should definately have drop from your seat to your bars. Pads even with your seat creates a largely upright position. Even a couple centimeters of drop doesnt really get you "low" at all. Also, an upright posture could compress your hips, whereas a lower one opens your hips to allow the proper range of motion and stronger application of power.
And the seat and bars should be level in respect to the ground, with only slight variations to allow for comfort. This is true on ANY bike, not just tri bikes. Radical seat and bar angles cause more problems than they solve.
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Gary3 posted 44 weeks ago.
"Who needs a man when you have a Kuota Kalibur to wrap your legs around".
Hey Blitz, I have a Kuota Kaliper and it is an extension of myself.
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slider posted 44 weeks ago.
Check out http://www.bikesportmichigan.com/features/exisitingfit.shtml
Put your bike on a trainer if you have one and keep tweeking things until you get close to these angles. I dropped 90 seconds off of my 40k after this and rode IMFL with the same position.
It's worth a shot.
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Blitz posted 44 weeks ago.
Thanks for the tips guys.
Gary, if you look as good as a Kuota Kalibur then this could be potentially interesting.
Who needs a man when you have a Kuota Kalibur to wrap your legs around.
I was just a a tri camp in Mallorca and noticed on my rented racer that I was a big high on the seat. I just hauled. I was so pleased, but when I got home and mounted my Tri bike with aeros bars, that are exactly parallel to me seat, I was terrible. Slow and just no power in my legs. I asked a bike tech. how the bars and seat should be adjusted when it is a tri bike, but he said parallel.
Does anyone have feed back on this?
I would appreciate it. I will adjust my seat up and bars down for a trial period.
Who needs a man when you have a Kuota Kalibur to wrap your legs around.