pbh: 91.5 saddle height: currently 83cm I tend to move my saddle height around between 83cm-84cm depending on how my knees are feeling. Last year, I was recovering from a broken leg, and I had to lower it a bit to 83cm.
>How many of you use this formula? Not me. I wasn't aware of it. My difference is 8.5-9.5 cm. > Do you > adjust it if you place the saddle all the way back on its rails? > (Related....don't laugh...where does one measure the top of the > saddle...the area where you sit, the area right over the seat post?< If you think about it, ramming your saddle as far back as it will go is the same as having a bike with a slacker/shallower/lower-number- numerically seat tube angle with the saddle centered on the rails. So I suggest you measure from the center of the BB to the place where you sit on the saddle--not along the seat tube. The idea is to set the reach for your legs, so the location of the seat tube is irrelevant. Be careful adjusting your saddle height. The recommendation is to do it in small increments. If you feel pain in the back of your knee, which can feel like you pulled a muscle in the back of your leg, the saddle is too high. Alternately, if you feel pain or tendonitis in the front of your knee, the saddle is too low. An ad hock rule is usually just an average. Whether the average works for you or not, you'll have to see. If you are just starting to cycle, then you have to start somewhere. Then pay attention to how your knees feel and adjust from there. As Tim McNamara pointed out, what I've heard termed as 'ankling' plays a role as well. Do you naturally pedal with your toes pointed down, i.e. with your heel higher then your toes, or with your feet parallel to the ground? I don't think there is a correct way--just different natural tendencies. Obviously, if you point your toes down, your saddle will be higher than your twin's saddle if he pedals with his feet flat. If you were interested in achieving maximum power output, you could go to a professional fitter, and they could hook you up to a Compu- Trainer and then measure power output with various positions, saddle heights, and fore-aft cleat adjustments. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
