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Old 06-01-24 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by PromptCritical
I had the fit done on my primary road bike.

To port over the fit, measure everything on the road bike that affects the fit (seat tube, seat post extension, crank length (add those together), top tube, stem length, distance from front of seat to center of handlebars, front axle center to center of stem.

Then try and duplicate that on the MTB. .
That conventional wisdom was abandoned a while ago. The only thing that is transferable anymore is the bb-to-saddle distance (adjusted for crank length where applicable). New MTB geo (and approach to fit) has changed radically from the days when it took cues from Road.

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