Originally Posted by
embankmentlb
A friend let me borrow his Jet 9, a great bike! In fact he wants to get a nicer bike & sell me this one cheep. Unfortunately, the seat tube on the Niner is way too steep. The tip of the saddle can only be 4 cm behind the bottom bracket. My current 26er bike has the saddle 11cm back of the BB & i like the fit. I have never seen a 7 cm set back seat post.
Any ideas on how to make this work?
Thanks.
you might be over thinking this. if the bike is your size, just ride it like it is for a while. tweek from there. it's really not a fair comparison between the geometry of that bike and your current 26er.