Every time I see Drew post in this thread I get sad when I don't see any new pictures.

...Creeper!

Yeah, I'm working my saddle up slowly. When I first put the bike together I had it a tad too high and it was causing me some knee pain. Went too low but was worried about the pain coming back and have been too happy to be riding well to mess with it. Now that my big race is 7 weeks out, I figured it was time to get it right. Going up 2cm at a time till it's in the sweet spot.

As for the forward seat position...that's how tri geometry is. You're actually supposed to be riding on the nose of your saddle when in the aero position.

ya you'll put down alot more power and work your quads alot less once you get up to the proper height. I know if I was riding at your current position my legs would get sore really quick when you start pushing.



I know tri positioning is more forward but it looks like your entire body is to forward in relation to the cranks. general rule is that when your leading crank arm is straight out parallel to the ground (would be 9pm when looking at the left leg from the drive side) that the little dip under your knee should be above the pedals spindle. in your video when your crank comes around to that 9oclock position your entire knee is way past the pedal spindle.

i'm not a pro fitter or anything but take a look at some tri bike fitting videos on youtube and you'll see what I mean with regards to how much your leg should be extending and you'll also notice the knee positioning over the pedal, both will help you deliver much more power smoothly.

edit - just to put the knee over pedal thing in perspective, watch your video and then just think about what the best way to deliver power on your down stroke would be, makes sense to be right above the pedal no? from your position it's almost as if you have to push back on your downstroke, like almost as if you're going to be using your hamstrings way too mcuh for your pedal stroke.

anyways not trying to be a dick, just trying to help out, fixing the little things will make a giant difference.

edit: 2X world IM champ Craig Alexander:

ya guess you're right, looks like he's way past the pedals as well. Makes sense though saving your other big muscles for the other parts of a tri.

what kind of times you riding a century in?

They posted some more race pics from last weekend.





They posted enough for me to make an animated gif or two. I fuckin' attacked this hill. Some of the pics make it look like I was running oddly, though. Oh well.