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
Whoops, that's 4 *centimeters* ...
On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 2:13 PM Patrick Moore wrote:
> I agree that rules of thumb are only starting points. The heel-on-pedal at
> max leg extension puts my saddle a good 3 cm too low as I like a lot of leg
> extension and tend to pedal toe-down. But it's a
I agree that rules of thumb are only starting points. The heel-on-pedal at
max leg extension puts my saddle a good 3 cm too low as I like a lot of leg
extension and tend to pedal toe-down. But it's a good starting point.
And get your saddle set back to where it is comfortable before doing
Thanks (thank you, thank you) for bringing attention to the the Catalyst
pedal - I think it will be a godsend for me. I deal with an injury related
neuropathy in my left calf muscle which prevents me from doing things like
a tippy toe on that side. Had to sell my pristine manual ‘07 Honda
I find a more slack seat tube I run my saddle a bit lower than a steeper
counterpart.
Ride whatever is comfortable. Don't worry too much about stand over. French
fit looks great.
On Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 5:59:19 AM UTC-8 rmro...@gmail.com wrote:
> Jay, I noticed your mention of the
Jay, I noticed your mention of the Pedaling Innovations Catalyst pedal. If you are using a mid-foot position on your pedals ( I do) you may need to adjust your saddle down 2-3 cm. I discovered this on my own then confirmed it with Pedaling Innovations. For this and other reasons I do not favor the
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.
If you put the heel of your foot on the pedal and rotate it to the furthest
point away from you, you should be just about locked out. When you then put
the ball of your foot on the pedal like you normally ride, you will be just
shy of full extension which should be a good ball park. You want
Standover is generally a non-issue and should be of limited consideration
for fit purposes, all things being equal.
I do believe your saddle height has been very low based on the fact that I
have an 83cm PBH and run a height of 72cm. The Riv guidance looks to be
within expected range.
Please note the typo in the subject heading - I am referring to PBH (pubic bone height) and not BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy) which is another, separate factor of potential interest to bike riding men of a certain age…Sent from my Atari 400On Dec 12, 2022, at 9:49 AM, Jay Lonner wrote:I
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
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