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Feel the power
The treatment of my new Brooks saddle was discussed in another thread.
This is probably about bike fit and control elements, including the horn of the saddle which is itself the subject of another thread. What has happened in that in removing the Cheeko90 seat and fitting the Brooks saddle (which are clearly not directly comparable in any respect except that both support bums), I have fitted the Brooks perfecly horizontal and straightened my leg by increasing the pedal to seattop length. Because the Brooks doesn't have a lot of fore and aft adjustment, I have also moved forward, making the effective seatpost angle steeper than with the Cheeko90, very likely returning it to that intended by the designer of the Kranich. The entire setup has sped me up. Though it didn't bother me, I now realize that the Kranich with the Cheeko90 seat was rather loose. This afternoon, on only my third ride with the Brooks, without even thinking about it I shot across a narrow footbridge (metal sides, any contact is painful and expensive both in medical bills and in painwork) without reducing my downhill speed (thirty-something klicks). Later I found myself pedalling along the flat in fourteenth gear and looking for a higher gear. Then I was at the end of a slope and I noticed I was still in 11th gear rather than 7th as is more normal. And I didn't slow down for a sharpish corner on gravel where I always with the Cheeko90 slowed a bit because once I slid there and had to put down a foot, which to me is a failure of control. These aren't minor improvements. Each one is probably worth a minute even on my shortest 40m ride, and together they might cut ten minutes off a 22km favourite ride (to Kilmacsimon Quay, illustrated on my netsite) that usually takes about two hours. All of that from a feeling of being more firmly seated, more in control of the bike. Hmm. Andre Jute Visit Jute on Bicycles at http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/fiultra/...20CYCLING.html |
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