Originally Posted by
pakossa
I've been using Steve Hogg's "hands-off" test to determine my saddle fore/aft. (Incidentally, that seems to put me within a few mm of KOP.) While fooling with my fit, I discovered that if I raise my saddle 5 mm from my current height -- which seems to be the most efficient (power/speed), and is within a couple mm of heel-on-pedal -- I have to move the saddle 10 mm further rearward in order to past the HO test. Is that normal? Does that mean that I went too high with the saddle? Or, could it mean I SHOULD have it 5 mm higher and 10 mm further rearward?
Doesn't make any sense to me. You're pedaling just as hard during each test of saddle height? I'm guessing that when you raise your saddle, you're taking some of the weight off your feet, which you see as reduced power in the higher position. I'd go for the most powerful position and adjust everything to suit that. One thing I notice is that the greatest quad power is created between knee at 100° and almost straight, while the greatest ham power is created with the knee not so straight. So I feel more power at the bottom of the stroke with my knee bent a little. I like heel just barely touching the pedal, no gap. OTOH, I don't but many other people pedal toe-down and will use a higher saddle position.