Originally Posted by
badmother
Looks like there should be a "minimum instered seatpost mark" painted on the bikes frame. Like peopel have said it is easy for a person who do not understand bikes to use the minimum mark on the seatpost as a guide. Also I think a lot of peopel throw the user manual away when they throw the box and packing material- or at least misplace it.
In this case, the user manual would have been of no help as it is vague at best. It also only shows the frame that I have when addressing seatpost insertion, but not the frame the OP has.. that's not good ..