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[death2pc]

@FederRiedelBikes

No, for everything. "Aero" is a total joke. The human body relative to a bike is like a potato on a stick and the potato is moving all over the place. This lightweight and uber stiffness nonsense is just that. Nonsense. Study position during the '60's to 80's, the positioning was ideal, far more open, relaxed, powerful, balanced and several still standing records more than ratify same. Today's rigs are too small, not stable. I see it all the time in new riders. Insane

[FederRiedelBikes]

@death2pc it would be reasonable if those set ups were for riding mountains or something like that?

[death2pc]

Nose down? Wrong! Your lower body has no wedge support and wants to slide forward. Further, the seat is uneven in distance to the pedal from the neutral-center seat position to when one shifts forward as in "hammering", or all the way back, such as in climbing.

And the more you lower the front the more you constrict the diaphragm, thus-in-turn lowering the lung capacity intake. Trying to get more "aero", beyond an acceptable point, is a joke and wholly counter-productive.

[thienly]

looks like he could use a longer stem in my opinion. or it was the filming angle

[solecfrance]

All those lazers then he uses a tape measure to 'accurately' measure 61mm!! And from exactly what point on that rounded sculpted saddle did he take that ' to a mm' measurement. the all that fiddling to get the angle, I hope that didn't alter the 61mm! This is basically useful info for setting up your bike but it needs to be more realistic. At least say "around 61mm" or the like?

[TheSanderz]

only useful if you're a pro.

[ponchoso]

crazy