Caad 8

Does this look about right?

Edit: Better pics down under....

zzzwillzzz

looks low

remove dork disk immediately

get a tan

RacerOne

No, way too low. What's with the black cloud of death closing in around you?

Beaker

Looks too low to me, although you probably already have quite a bit of seatpost exposed. It must also be uncomfortable to have to mount the bike and squeeze around the large black cutout you have there?

RacerOne

Looks like your stem is too low as well, your elbows are almost locked.

RacerOne

And that paint won't look good on the pegboard at all.

tuxbailey

Put the heel of your shoe on the pedal and adjust seat until leg is straight. Clip in and you should have a slight bend at your knee.

At least that is how I adjust my seat.

Edit: Looks like bike is too small for you?

RacerOne

+1 great starting point anyway.

Singh

Make sure you have enough bend for your elbows so you don't have backpains when bumps from the front wheel transfer to your arm. That seems to be a bit too low, also when you sit in that position look at your brakes, if you can see them the front/rear adjustment should be fine. First adjust your stem if it isn't already then adjust the height of the seat.

paste_me

something looks off, what size is the frame? how tall are you?

Ware

Guys (and maybe gals), we can't see the rest of his torso. We can't even see much of his upper arms. This is a static image. He was just asking about seat height anyways.

That said, I don't know how this works since you have more posts than me OP, but I also think your seat height is way too low .

Diegomayra

Your too big for that bike... You can extend the stem and raise the seat post, but you definitely look big for the bike. However pro riders often get "undersized" bikes, I doubt thats comfortable after 30mi.

Caad 8

For those who asked, its a 60cm, and I'm around 6'2. The seat post is showing maybe an inch. Here's some more angles:

Tapeworm21

Your saddle is too far forward, put a shim in your left shoe, move the cleat back just a touch, and Specialized socks on a Cannondale is a sin.

Caad 8

About a few inches are exposed, see pic below.

I did that, the orig photo is the result.

60cm, I'm aroun 6'2.

Me off the bike, seat post about a few inches out, if I take it out any further I can't reach the pedal when I do the "Put the heel of your shoe on the pedal and adjust seat until leg is straight."




Another one showing the seat post:


As you can see in this pic, my leg is almost straight at the bottom of the rotation:

scirocco

Jack the saddle up 1mm before every ride until you reach a point where it starts to feel like you are rocking or stretching to the bottom of the stroke. Then back it off by 1mm. Finish.

RacerOne

In the last pic you are dropping your heel, I bet you don't actually ride like that (just a guess). Any chance you could mount the bike up on a trainer and get some video? That would help the most.

As far as jacking it up 1mm at a time.. that would take forever, I say give it 1-2 inches and see if your hips rock.

Also, your face is really strange.. just sayin'

coasting 

i thought the process was to put the heal on the pedal without shoes with pedal at 6 o'clock.

is that wrong?

Pilsley

Your so far off.

Sell the frame, go get a 56.

thump55

If you insist on white bartape and saddle, please put some nice white cages on as well

jdon

Saddle looks too low in my opinion. If your crank arms were vertical and you were clipped in, the bend in your knee would be about right without the heel drop.

Unclip, put your heel on the pedal and use about the same crank arm position. Your leg should then be straight.

Then adjust a couple of mm's at a time to eliminate hip rocking.

Go dog Go

I have an opinion even though I "don't contribute". But, seeing as I'm an "unqualified layperson" I won't comment other then to recommend you spent a lot of money at a LBS and have them "fit" you as that is the only choice.

entukay

1 mm can make a big difference in seat height, bottom line, theres no way from a picture we can tell. Are you close? probably.

carpediemracing 

Looks low from a general point of view. Also your lower back looks inflexible, or maybe hamstrings/glutes.

How long have you been riding? I ask because your position evolves as you get into riding, and changes plateau after a couple years. This evolution continues as long as you get stronger (or weaker) in different muscle groups.

If you are a new rider, then the position is pretty close to what I'd expect to see. However, you should be expecting to make some changes in the future.

If you are a long time rider (and you look lean/fit), I'd make some wholesale changes. I'd raise the saddle somewhat significantly, get a longer stem, and experiment with torso angle. I tend to be a bit more radical in thought, but here's an example of a good friend's "fit session". He had been racing 2 years at that point, riding more than that, and fitness-wise was a significantly stronger rider than I was:
https://suitcaseofcourage.typepad.com...-cleaning.html

First race after the fit:
https://suitcaseofcourage.typepad.com...ay-racing.html

A few races later:
https://suitcaseofcourage.typepad.com...iver-crit.html

Short summary - he won 3 Tues Night races in a row I think, got in a break in the As at one (I got shelled that day in the same race), and got 3rd in a Sunday race. I would guess his fitness didn't change from one week to the next. The biggest change was his position.

cdr

Lectron

Everybody knows that if you can't stretch fully out, you'll always Finnish last. At least he got the color right.

Look at this amateur.......He even forgot he's bib...At least OP remebered...2 point for OP, 0 for this looser