Rotating seat post 180degs to have saddle forward more?

Andrewf20

Hi folks,

Ill be doing the rock duathlon on the road bike I have on Sunday. The seat post "lays back" about 3cm, but I have rotated the seat post 180degrees so that it lays forward, meaning the saddle will be closer to the handle bars. Im trying to mimic tri bike geometry with a steeper seat post angle. Will I be expected to see any real benefit? I dont seem to be any faster than when the seatpost is in the normal orientation.

Cheer.

tunney

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Ill be doing the rock duathlon on the road bike I have on Sunday. The seat post "lays back" about 3cm, but I have rotated the seat post 180degrees so that it lays forward, meaning the saddle will be closer to the handle bars. Im trying to mimic tri bike geometry with a steeper seat post angle. Will I be expected to see any real benefit? I dont seem to be any faster than when the seatpost is in the normal orientation.

Cheer.

Requests for position critique without photos should be treated the same as requests for medical advice.

Andrewf20

All I have is a photo of the bike in the standard form. See attached. Would be interested to hear if other folks has seen improvements with similar ideas.

heffsarmy

Providing the bike is a good fit, just moved your saddle forward.

Andrewf20

I have, but with the seat post rotated it pushes things forward by about another 5cms approx.

tunney

Andrewf20 wrote: »

All I have is a photo of the bike in the standard form. See attached. Would be interested to hear if other folks has seen improvements with similar ideas.

with you *on* the bike..............