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Personal preference = fit ?
So I am guessing these are the guys between frame sizes?
I thought laybacks had advantage over inline for dampening and act as suspension ..Dan martin's F1 with Thomson Layback:
Interestingly I saw his R5 at Sigma yesterday with EXACT same bar set up and 2cm spacers but -17 stem instead; given Cervelo's epic stack ..
So my next question is why not slammed and 6 (or 10) degrees vs 2cm spacers and 17 degrees? Isnt it the same?
amey-
I thought laybacks had advantage over inline for dampening and act as suspension ..
I think I saw this article - was on velonews I think? - the set up was a joke.
As the same frame size was used, the saddle was either slammed forward for inline, or back for lay-back. So the set-back seatpost would have let the saddle nose drop down (if there was any suspension, see the new Specialized seatposts), whereas the inline would have had the tail dropping down. Really a test needs to be done in a way that the saddle rails are clamped in the same position for each type of seatpost
branwen
I saw one of those 'look at a pro's bike' things on a website like road.cc and there was an Aussie pro who rode with a Thomson Elite inline, a ridiculous saddle to bar drop, a ridiculous stem, and 38cm bars which were apparently too narrow for him.
Why? Personal preference, the same reason a lot of us use inline posts.