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Old 05-30-10 | 04:05 PM
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shouldberiding
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Originally Posted by LarDasse74
Even if 31.5" is his pants size and not a pbh cycling inseam, my calculations (if you trust my logic and methodology) indicate that the seatpost is waaaay to far out... the disatnce between the pedals at the bottom of stroke and the top of the seat is close to 40 inches!!!
I agree. It looks like it's three or four inches too high. I wonder if the OP measured his inseam such as one would for trousers (to the ball of the ankle) rather than to the floor. That would account for a few inches. At any rate, the frame is too small for the rider.

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