This seems pretty weird—who doesn’t notice (even among us lowly recreational cyclists) when there’s a big change in their position setup—and by centimeters?! Not everyone is obsessive as Mercx but I think most of us would notice a a 1-2 centimeter change in saddle height, even if we’ve been off the bike over a long winter.Number 5 is back on. Bike position must be costing him like 100w, even impacting his TT setup somehow I guess
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Froome changes bike positions "by centimetres" after "oversight" caused errors
Chris Froome has said a recent comparison between his 2023 racing bike and one from his Sky/Ineos days revealed very significant errors in his set-upwww.stickybottle.com
But I guess we can just file this away with “getting the hard mikes in” and the “numbers are looking good.”