Originally Posted by ginger green
I'm a little confused. How do you know when you have your saddle adjusted correctly? I find when I'm about 10 miles into a ride I seem to be further and further back on my saddle. I ride with my hands very forward on my mtb bike and the saddle is all the way back.
I never was good at anatomy - the big bones in my butt are very near the back of the saddle. I'm 6 feet tall - my bike has an 18 inch frame. I feel very comfortable on the bike. I have not made any alterations to the original compenents.
Your thoughts?
What type of bike do you have? Sizing for mountain-type bikes and touring/road bikes is different. 6ft may mean your bike is too small and certainly the fact that you keep slipping back on the saddle would seem to suggest that the top tube is too short. As a rough check, with your elbow bent at 90 degrees, place your elbow against the toe of the saddle. Your outstretched fingers should now just reach the handlebars. My guess would be that they overlap these. If that is the case then it may be that you need either a longer h/bar stem (taking the bars further away from you) or a larger bike frame.