Originally Posted by
ColinL
really? take 3 pics of yourself on your bike with your saddle where it is now, and then with the saddle bottomed out fore and then aft on the rails with your feet at the 3 and 9 position. it will change your knee angle tremendously.
some people are super sensitive to fit, but if you really size your bike like that Brian, you are either missing out (as Commodus said before) or you're performing well but strangely insensitive to fit.
Wow, so you are saying there is something special about the 3 and 9 o'clock positions of the crank? I usually reference my crank rotation by the point where my leg is fully extended. This is rarely ever the 6:00 position on anyone's bike. More like the 5:00, looking from the driveside. If I am on a driveway slope, do I take the "3 and 9" to be referenced to the ground or the frame? If I stand in the saddle, can the "3 and 9" be just anywhere, or should it be the same "3 and 9" as when I am sitting? I'm really confused.
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Last edited by Brian Ratliff; 07-03-12 at 02:26 PM.