Originally Posted by
Mikefule
The saddle cannot be over height. There is a maximum height of saddle relative to the pedal at the bottom of its travel: that maximum is the length of your leg, with a very slight bend in it. If the saddle is significantly higher than that, you can't pedal.
I would disagree. One can have their saddle several centimeters too high and still ride, if they're oblivious to the fact that they are pointing their toes downward and rocking their hips to do it. A mild case of that happened to me when I was still learning how to set up my bikes to ride, and it does make it harder to mount and dismount.
OP seems to have made it a long time in riding bikes with the bad habit of mounting/dismounting directly to/from the saddle...