Originally Posted by
Drew Eckhardt
My concern is something which feels OK but doesn't show up until later, like my anterior knee pain.
The balance there is I need to be comfortable for 200 miles+ which could be rather different than what works for a few hours.
That is a very understandable concern for that kind of distance. Of course, raising the saddle is the starting point for anterior knee pain, so the direction of change was likely good. My tendency would be to say it has gone a little too high, but I'm neither an expert nor is internet diagnosis ideal. I agree that if you drop the saddle, the bars should at least come down the equivalent amount and the saddle setback should be adjusted to compensate.