Hey Guys,

I was reading a few things on figuring out reach on a road bike. I got a professional fit, but decided to try some of these "rule of thumb" methods after. One method was placing your elbow tip on saddle tip then extending that forearm to the stem/handlebars. One article said to see where your fingertips end up, another said add the width of your other hand and see where that ends up. The first method my fingers fell short about a cm of the bar. Second method, my pinky finger was actually further past the bars. So, using both methods seemed to tell me my reach was ok or that my reach was a tad short.

My question is, which method is right, and more importantly how accurate is this all? I'd imagine proportions of body parts and saddle to bar drop would affect this all.