Originally Posted by
wrk101
My objective was to maintain the same distance from the nose of the saddle to the handlebars, as my set up on my road bikes. I use my drop bar conversion as a road bike anyway.
I do essentially the same thing, but measuring from saddle nose to bars (I assume you mean the flats) ignores any variance in saddle proportions and/or bar reach, which sometimes can be significant. So typically I measure from where my sit bones meet the saddle to the center of the hoods, or center of the drops, depending on where I plan to spend the most time.