Stem and Hoods questions

[GraysonKelly]

Your bars will move closer to you if you install a stem with a steeper angle. Shouldn't cost you a fortune (from 40$) and I hope this does the trick (unless the bike is hopelessly too big for you). A longer stem will do the opposite.

I don't quite understand why you had the saddle moved back. This does not help IMHO. In addition you mess with the knee position over the pedal axle.


As always, pictures would help.

LOL, I was trying different stuff to try and get the arm and hand position right. I moved it back because moving it forward was really, really bad. I marked my saddle so I'd know what position it was in before I started moving it hither and thither. Thanks for the clarification on the stem questions. I had a rather generic fit when I bought the bike so the bike technically "fits" but I haven't found anyone really thorough that will do a fit for me. The LBS doesn't really do much, at least from what I've seen. If anyone knows of any in the Pittsburgh area, let me know.
I have a bad knee and have a good understanding of knee kinesiolgy, biomechanics, etc so I'm extremely meticulous about this. It's the rest of it that I can't do myself. Well, I could if I could be on the bike and measure myself at the same time, but that doesn't really seem to work. Here's some pics of the bike, not sure what you're looking for, but here ya go.