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As this has become the Bike Forum...
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Posted on March 6, 2021 at 07:47:58 | ||
...are your brake levers where they should be? Doesn't count for drop bars, or those bikes with cantilever brakes but most everyone with flats and discs have their levers right at the inside of the grips. That likely forces you to use 2 or 3 fingers to pull the levers which is bad for steering control and disallows enough room for a full pull. Loosen the brake and shifter levers and push them in until your index finger alone can operate the lever. |
As long as your wheels and tires are centrist...nt, posted on March 6, 2021 at 14:07:21 | |
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RE: As this has become the Bike Forum..., posted on March 6, 2021 at 19:34:38 | |
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Your stem is backwards! Steering control would seriously compromised. Flip it all the right way around and then see how your lever reach goes. Trying to hide from entropy John K |
RE: As this has become the Bike Forum..., posted on March 7, 2021 at 05:06:18 | |
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Good observation |
who knew?, posted on March 7, 2021 at 05:50:47 | |
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I ride a blue USPS bike on the right. Does that mean I was unkowingly trying to suppress your mail in vote? |
RE: No, it's not, it's designed to swing both ways, posted on March 7, 2021 at 07:46:30 | |
There is no backwards. It's also a very serious part at a great price Set the way I have it, it places me in a more upright position than stock and that with 2 replacement hips and Spinal Stenosis is comfortable for me. The other way around, obviously, increases the reach. |
RE: No, it's not, it's designed to swing both ways, posted on March 7, 2021 at 11:00:02 | |
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With the stem facing backwards you have a few major changes to the way the bike was designed to be ridden. Your weight will be further over the back wheel, making the front lighter and the fork suspension under weighted. But worse, your hands will be pushing the bars from behind the steerer axis, which is inherently less stable than hands in front. The short stem does minimise this issue, but riding with one hand will be a lot twitchier with backwards stem. Two hands on the bars all the time and at speed (down hill) be very careful. You would be way better off to push the seat right to the front of its travel and if it has an offset seat post, buy a zero offset one to move you and your weight closer to the front. |