Hi,
I was wondering about the accuracy of the riders bikes in the Pro bike review. The specs of Levi Leipheimer's Leadville winning MTB opposed to his Discovery Channel Road bike from 2007 are confusing. His height 5'6 to 5'7 changed by an inch his saddle height changed by a huge 3 cm. I understand his weight change by 2kg that is totally possible.
When I compared Lance's MTB to roadie they seemed well within the normal limits. I couple of mm in saddle height difference, saddle to bars maybe 1.5 cm difference all logical. So i'm guessing someone has got one of Levi's bikes wrong.
The main reason for my interest is I am doing more MTB these days and I am trying to establish a good position from my road bike to transfer over. The local riders I talk to who started as MTB riders have positions that would have me riding my MTB 3-4 cm shorter than my roadie. Lance and Levi seem not to have gone this way but 1-2 cm longer?? Any thoughts would be appreciated as i'm looking at more enduro riding.
I was wondering about the accuracy of the riders bikes in the Pro bike review. The specs of Levi Leipheimer's Leadville winning MTB opposed to his Discovery Channel Road bike from 2007 are confusing. His height 5'6 to 5'7 changed by an inch his saddle height changed by a huge 3 cm. I understand his weight change by 2kg that is totally possible.
When I compared Lance's MTB to roadie they seemed well within the normal limits. I couple of mm in saddle height difference, saddle to bars maybe 1.5 cm difference all logical. So i'm guessing someone has got one of Levi's bikes wrong.
The main reason for my interest is I am doing more MTB these days and I am trying to establish a good position from my road bike to transfer over. The local riders I talk to who started as MTB riders have positions that would have me riding my MTB 3-4 cm shorter than my roadie. Lance and Levi seem not to have gone this way but 1-2 cm longer?? Any thoughts would be appreciated as i'm looking at more enduro riding.