Asked the wife to take a video. She needs a lesson in how to do bike fit vids.
Have at it
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Haha. It looks like she was nervous/embarrassed to be filming, so was hiding around the corner!
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Wouldnāt you be if you had to film your other half wearing bibsā¦
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Thatās not too bad at all for a road bike with clip-ons. Decent hip angle, not too much movement, youāre not extremely low but your elbows look pretty close together so not too wide at the front and your head looks like itās tucked enough for an aero lid to be OK.
Looks sustainable and one you can still lay power down from - is that the case?
Not bad for power, I think I need a lot of work on conditioning (bum and shoulders). Itās a new saddle which allows me to rotate forward better but a completely new experience with that thing so far up my jacksie.
My personal thoughts are that a little higher and little longer would be beneficial (if I could learn to sit in that rotated position). Iād have to try out a different stem because those bars arenāt adjustable. Iād also like to try out ski bends to see if that helps wrist comfort.
Shoulders should be OK, they tend to get used to the position over time.
Be careful about getting a longer stem, your elbows look nicely under youāre shoulders, so for longer stuff thatās going to help reduce the amount of support your shoulders and arm muscles need to provide. What distances are you doing?
I do mostly sprint/standard with an occasional HIM. My big race is the Centurion 100km tri in June, so plenty of time to build up to it.
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Second one is in slow motion for some reason.
This position feels comfy on the road, which I guess is half the battle.
Anything obvious?
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Not yet. But whatās in the purple bin bag? What is purple for?! So many questions.
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Nothing obvious to me, overall you could get lower but might need a tri bike to achieve that properly and it might not be confirtable fornyou.
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You rock to the left on the first video, are the cleats in the same position? is one leg shorter than the other? There is no film from the back, but I suspect that there is quite a lot of movement in your pelvis, so maybe drop the saddle by 5mm
Your leg is too straight and you are lifting your heel, I would definitely drop the saddle
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Interesting, and to be fair impressive observation. Iām lop sided. ( I think the physio was being polite ).
I can see exactly that in the head on film. Its not something thatās going to change any time soon as its a hip/pelvis alignment issue, but I will do a film from behind and post for further amusement.
This is with a new seat so its possible Iāve not allowed for that and adjusted failed to adjust the seat post.
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Thanks. The bike is a Stealth, which even by Planet Xās admission isnāt Tri geometry, but I have a Frankenstein seat post that gets me an extra 30mm forwards, making a 78 degree angle. I will experiment with the front end height as the year goes on and I get used to the handling.
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Thatās a bag of compost.
Bin envy! Welcome to the suburbsā¦ 
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Anyone else rocking a rotary washing line??
Yup! Ours has green cabling.
Sadly we donāt have any purple bags of compost, nor any portals to another dimension in our garden
Im not sure I agree on that one matt, the heel doesnt need to be flat for everyone and 145Ā° on the extension is okay.
Rocking, is the subject of some debate but I dont see any aolud science to say you need to be perfectly still upper body, it seems more of an opinion based thingā¦plus hes on the grass so the turbo wont be solid - the whole bike is moving 
@Midlife_Trisis Liking that you match your bar tape to your compost bags 
#gardeningcyclistsunite
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Kind of related so Iāll post it here.
To fill the gap or not?
Iām looking at hydration and the between the arms systems score well for aero. But as my arms are raised, the bottle would block the hole highlighted above, which is currently allowing air through unaffected ( Iād imagine).
Big gaps or no gaps is the saying right?
Any thoughts on this?
I think itās one of those where youāll never know without testing both set-ups (or more with different hydration) in a wind tunnel or velodrome.
My gut feel is that, even though there looks a pretty clear tunnel through there, the air will be so messed up by stem, cables, legs, body all churning things up that it wonāt make that much difference either way. I see youāre using drop bars & clip-ons so youāre not into marginal gains territory anyway.
Iād weigh the convenience of having fluid to hand without moving out of position, and gels with some systems, and decide if thatās what you want rather than any minimal aero (dis)advantage of the set-up itself.
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Really into marginal gains. FWIW, I ride with my bottle between the bars, even on short TTs with an empty bottle, because I think it gives me an aero benefit, and because I am sure that the empty bottle cage is really un-aero. In races having the bottle where you can get a drink, and maintain aero position is a big benefit
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