Originally Posted by
Potential001
Just bought a masi speciale fixed recently, and had the LBS fix a few things. when i picked it up, noticed the seat height was set very high. I know some riders like to set it exaggeratedly high (i.e. massan); which may hurt their back, but their riding rocks. Thoughts on what is the way to properly set the height?
ps. apologies if this is a lame/newbie type question.
they set it high because they clamp the seatpost to the bike stand, not because it's suppose to be like that. like the other poster said, keep trying until you find that sweet spot where your leg is bent just a little bit at the 6oclock and make sure when you're riding your hips are not shifting left and right (it's too high) or that your knees are not hurting (too low). you'll find it as you ride more. Bring an allen wrench to adjust on the road. Then never let anyone ride your bike because they'll **** up the size and you'll take months finding it again (like i did). yeah, u could mark the seatpost but i prefer to not let anyone ride it.