Just picked up this beauty and am excited to get it fit to me. Right now I feel a sluggish and feel front heavy over the handlebars. I don’t care to ride primarily in the drops.
How can I make it more comfortable to ride in the hoods?
by PiePerView
Just picked up this beauty and am excited to get it fit to me. Right now I feel a sluggish and feel front heavy over the handlebars. I don’t care to ride primarily in the drops.
How can I make it more comfortable to ride in the hoods?
by PiePerView
7 Comments
I had one like that. I put a Look carbon fork on it with an Aheadset upgrade. You could do that and get the weight down, stiffen up the front and lower your bars closer to the wheel for more stability.
Maybe a more modern compact bar
– Shallower compact drop bars
– Drivetrain that allows hood shifters and a larger cassette
– if possible, squeeze in wider tires
The only thing that’s kind of modern ( and dumb unless you’re cat 1/2/pro) is slamming the stem. Otherwise proper fit follows the same general principles as always.
Do you have an existing road bike that has been fit to you properly? If so then transfer those numbers.
You do seat height and seat position relative to the BB C/L first, then figure out your reach.
Otherwise go to one of the fitting sites and run your numbers through. The Lemond method is still considered to be very good.
[https://myworldfromabicycle.blogspot.com/2010/05/lemonds-sizing-chart.html](https://myworldfromabicycle.blogspot.com/2010/05/lemonds-sizing-chart.html)
Just read your post. You would need a stem too. Short or as long as you like, and you don’t have to drop the front if you’re not into that. You could rotate your bars a bit to get the hoods closer. This was one of the biggest upgrades you could do at the time. That stem, fork and headset are all pretty heavy. It would knock a solid pound off the ride, maybe a bit more.
Shorten stem length, change to a 120 drop bar . You could also go to bike shop to get fit
The Dia Compe Aheadset conversion was the hot setup. I found a Look HSC 3 fork at a local shop, had a Control Tech stem too. It was really tricky. Dramatically lighter and better handling bike after that.