Originally Posted by
Lombard
Just to clarify, what kind of pain do you get when your saddle is too high?
I feel it in the back of my knees/hamstrings and I lose control through the bottom of the pedal stroke, especially at higher cadence. Another side effect is that I feel a lot more pressure from the saddle.
In contrast nothing really bad happens if I drop my saddle too low. I’m sure at some point I would feel it on the front of my knees, but for me it has to be way too low for that to happen.
For these reasons I’ve started favouring the lower end of my acceptable saddle height range. If I know I’m going to be doing a lot of seated climbing I may raise it a few mm.