Sliding Forward on Saddle

[ny biker]

Great idea- I'll try that. And the cleat placement was the same it was on my old bike. I bought the shoes used and the person had them already installed. How do I ensure proper placement?

Find the widest part of your foot. Put some masking tape on the side of each shoe, on the big-toe side of the shoe. With your feet in the shoes, draw a vertical line on the masking tape at the widest part of each foot. The center of the cleat should line up with the line you drew on the tape.

[Jordyne]

NY biker- thanks so much! And thank you all. I'm going to play around with it all. Now that I'm out of school, I hope to have more time to ride!
Can I ask a silly vain question? Do y'all take off the sticker which has the size of the bike? Mine's on the seat tube. How about the barcode sticker underneath the down tube?

[Owlie]

Good luck! It took a shorter stem and a new saddle for me to stop sliding around so much (and it still happens, though that's a combo of a still-too-wedge-shaped saddle and slippery shorts).

I left the stickers on there. I'm lazy. (The ones on the roadie are inconspicuous. The one on the CX is in a really obvious place. I'm contemplating moving that one down an inch to protect the paint from the bike rack.)

[ny biker]

I never removed any stickers from my bike. I think the one on the bottom might be the serial number, and you definitely don't want to remove that. As for the size, I never notice it, and I also never remember what size frame I have so it's useful to have a reminder somewhere.

[Owlie]

I never removed any stickers from my bike. I think the one on the bottom might be the serial number, and you definitely don't want to remove that. As for the size, I never notice it, and I also never remember what size frame I have so it's useful to have a reminder somewhere.

If you have a carbon frame, that sticker may well be your sole indication of a serial number.

[Jordyne]

Thanks everyone. Good news- I made an appointment for a bike fit for Friday. I'm happy to get dialed in. Hopefully it won't be a problem that I'm doing the fit with only about 6 rides under my belt...I've not figured out all the "problem" areas but there don't seem to be that many so I hope it doesn't matter that I'm doing the fit so early??
And thanks for the sticker advice

[OakLeaf]

If you have a carbon frame, that sticker may well be your sole indication of a serial number.

Yeah, the one that fell off after a few rainy rides?

[Owlie]

Yeah, the one that fell off after a few rainy rides?

I'd hope not!
Dunno. Never looked on the underside of a carbon bike. Both my bikes are metallic. The Giant has a sticker as well as the stamped serial number. The Charge only has the stamped serial number.