I am not very flexible. Even when I was young, before I hit my growth spurt, touching my toes was difficult at best. I have a 92 PBH and run my saddle around 78 cm. Anything higher and I feel like I am reaching for the pedal. I usually just get it in the ballpark and adjust it if I start to hurt.
On Monday, December 12, 2022 at 4:26:06 PM UTC-5 Eric Daume wrote: > I'm about your same size (36"/91cm PBH), but I run a 32"/81cm saddle > height (bottom bracket center to top of my (of course) level saddle). I > couldn't imagine pedaling with my saddle 6cm lower. > > When I played around with mid foot pedaling, I found I had to drop my > saddle, but less than an inch. > > Eric > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 12:49 PM Jay Lonner <jay.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I just took delivery of a new (non-Riv) bike and am dialing in the fit. >> I’m a little worried that the frame is too big for me, since I only have >> maybe 2” standover, which seems tight for a gravel bike. >> >> So I went out and measured the saddle height on my Hunq (which is a size >> 62). It came in at about 75cm. This gives me a solid fistful of seatpost. >> Then I remeasured my PBH, which is 93-94 cm depending on hard I pull. For >> reference, here’s the relevant page from HQ: >> >> https://www.rivbike.com/pages/pubic-bone-height-how-to-measure-your-pbh >> >> This suggests that based on my PBH my saddle height should be closer to >> 83 cm – an 8cm discrepancy. Before riding in this morning I raised my >> saddle height to 79 cm, basically splitting the difference. It felt weird, >> which of course it would after so many years at 75cm. But I made it in and >> my feet were in full contact with the pedals without any tippytoe >> maneuvers. So I guess I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time? Kind of >> embarrassing. Even so, according to the Riv method my saddle height is >> still ~4cm lower than my PBH would suggest. >> >> So I guess I’m wondering about alternative ways of determining saddle >> height somewhat objectively, and/or whether I should now be looking at >> other variables such as a fore-aft saddle positioning, saddle angle, and >> even saddle type (currently a B68, slammed back as far as it can go on a >> S83, with the nose pitched up ~10 degrees or so). Other relevant factors >> might be crank arm length (175mm), pedal height (Pedaling Innovations >> platform pedals), and shoes (Chuck Taylors, typically). Looking for the >> optimum balance of comfort, efficiency, and protecting my perineum. >> >> Jay Lonner >> Bellingham, WA >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cf9d0b0a-c497-4181-9c30-afdac0d6f54bn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/cf9d0b0a-c497-4181-9c30-afdac0d6f54bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a72d0cac-5a4d-405c-8c1e-dc9624a2e1c0n%40googlegroups.com.
