Handlebar height

[biggs682]

- is this when you are riding with hands on hoods, tops, or drops? It seems this means different things to different people.

hoods normally

 

[gaz]

This is so individual it can't really be answered. Pics might help.

People like @400bhp have commented my saddle to bar drop looks a lot. It is a fair bit, but then I have long arms and legs and a short torso, so ride a short frame with a large drop.

Do you know what your drop is?

 

[gaz]

i normally have a 3" drop from saddle to bars and adjust as need be but i use that as a starting point , along with when looking forward and down from std position should not be able to see front wheel spindle with the correct length stem fitted

That completely depends on you and your bike geometry. For example, I've got poor flex in my legs and hips, which in turn affects my pelvic rotation which in turn means I arch my back too much if I follow that idea. So I use a shorter stem and I can fully see my front hub but it is a comfortable position for me.

 

[biggs682]

That completely depends on you and your bike geometry. For example, I've got poor flex in my legs and hips, which in turn affects my pelvic rotation which in turn means I arch my back too much if I follow that idea. So I use a shorter stem and I can fully see my front hub but it is a comfortable position for me.

could not agree more

 

[sreten]

Hi,

You won't get used to a new position straightaway. The two things I've found most
useful are : 1) Your leg locks out on the instep of the foot but not the ball, 2) lifting
yourself off the seat a little with the pedals flat your butt does not move forward
or backwards, though it varies a little with possible handlebar positions.

1) Is best for optimum pedalling
2) Indicates your CofG is pretty much over the crank seated, and your in
a good position for pedalling effort to relieve the pressure on your butt.

( 2) is very dependant on your "core" and the ability to reduce seat pressure
by pedalling but at the same time your "core" will also reduce the pressure
on your hands countering the pedalling effort. Your a real cyclist when
your core dictates you have to pull on the bars for your pedaling effort.)

FWIW after 3 months on my folder and a further 3 months on my road bike
and the folder and steadily dropping the road bike bars (bullhorns) as I got
more comfortable on the road bike, and worked out 2), I actually then lifted
the bars on my folder to just balance better re the saddle and pedals.
Which relieved some niggling hand issues with riding the folder,
which I didn't get riding the road bike much further and longer.

rgds, sreten.

3) Is looking down your handlebars should obscure the front axle.
My two bikes do, but I've never considered it in adjusting my
bikes, but it turns out its true. So if your bars don't obscure
the front axle, its either a) you are unusual, b) its wrong.

 

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