Bert
01/25/2026 (Sun) 18:39
No.60755
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yes exactly the reach demand grows a lot as your back is more flat and you can also ride a lot more drop very comfortably if wanted.
However road bikes are not made for this and it's a problem, you're forced to ride a super long stem even if you don't ride a forward saddle position and that has some negative effects.
Imo road bikes are way too short even for normal saddles but with forward rotated hips it gets really bad. I call it the Fred Issue because even race bikes have geometries that first and foremost want to be short and tall enough so people can ride upright without much strain because the vast majority people who buy these bikes are too unfit to ride in any other way.
yes exactly the reach demand grows a lot as your back is more flat and you can also ride a lot more drop very comfortably if wanted.
However road bikes are not made for this and it's a problem, you're forced to ride a super long stem even if you don't ride a forward saddle position and that has some negative effects.
Imo road bikes are way too short even for normal saddles but with forward rotated hips it gets really bad. I call it the Fred Issue because even race bikes have geometries that first and foremost want to be short and tall enough so people can ride upright without much strain because the vast majority people who buy these bikes are too unfit to ride in any other way.