Am I too stretched out on my road bike?

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Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl

Emily, this sentence sums it up: " I actually feel quite comfortable on this bike (Trek Pilot) and enjoy riding it." Even if you measure and find out your KOPs is further back than you intended, given your accident maybe that position just works better for you. I would not recommend changing it unless u feel uncomfortable. If I recall, weren't you uncomfortable on your Aegis post-accident, and if I remember correctly, that bike had a steep seat tube angle, so u weren't sitting as far back as on your friday which had a shallower one. And just like your elbows look locked in the picture, maybe the impression that your saddle is too far back is also an optical illusion. I would go by comfort, an not how others think your position looks.

Thanks, Trisk. As it turns out I have perfect Knee over Pedal Spindle (KOPS) position on the Trek -- we just checked it. It looks otherwise on the photo because the crankarms aren't totally parallel to the ground. I think we had set it up in the spring when I first got the bike, but we had so much going on right then with moving that I honestly couldn't remember if we had or if we'd just meant to. I have the same body type as you with long femurs for my height, so I always need to have my saddles back as far as possible on the rails AND a setback seatpost.

I measured the stem, and it's already only a 70 or 75mm one, so I certainly wouldn't want to go any shorter. I will probably just keep things as is since I am comfortable for the amount I ride on this bike. If I were to get into some longer mileages, then problems might start showing up, but I ride my MTB a lot more these days anyway. The effective top tube length of the Trek is just 19.5", so in theory it should be a good fit for me. It was also the smallest size this model came in back when it was made.