Originally Posted by
Bandera
OP,
Optimal seat height is crucial and not "set... quite easily" or you would already be there. This is covered extensively in well documented fitting systems if you would care to research & do the calcs yourself and check your current set-up.
I agree. I just got fitted professionally for the first time today, and I found out my saddle was a good bit too low. The new proper saddle height felt weird and unnatural and I never would have put it there myself. I also have long legs and a short torso.
Oddly enough, last week I went to an online saddle height calculator, and it must have had a bug because it told me to make the spindle-to-top-of-saddle height 39 inches, which is 3 inches longer than my inseam!