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Old 05-08-13 | 10:36 AM
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ksisler
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OP: You have too many variables going on at the same time and the text description provided is at best gibberish.

So to get you off the internet and on to riding your bike, put the horizontal position of the saddle attachment to the seat post right in the middle and put the seat post into the frame so that that the minimum insertion mark on the post is about 2 inches into the frame. Now take a picture of it. Then ride the bike around for a half hour. Ponder how it feels and write it down on a log as your starting point. If not perfect, raise or lower the seat post by 1/2" inch (or 1 cm if metricized) and write that down as SP +1/2" or SP -1/2" and do another test ride. Write down the results. Keep going up till you have a happy situation. Then go another 1/2" in the same direction as the previous change. If better, keep that one. If not return back to the previous best one. Keep a log of your rides. If it doesn't cause pain and it feel efficient, it is likely good enough. Generally try to maximize your riding time and minimize your time reading blogs...

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